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Period: Jan 1, 1564 to
Puritanism
The authors wrote about religon, mainly christianity. The authors consisted of Jonathan Edwards, and Anne Bradstreet. -
To my dear and Loving Husband
Poem, a love poem, not quite sure how this plays in to the puritanism time.... -
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Rationalism
Documents, SPeeches, Freedom, Human rights. -
Sinners in the Hands of Angry God
Was basically a sermon of the Great Awakening. -
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Rationalism
The authors were Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine. They wrote about freedom, and Human Rights. They wrote in forms of documents. and speeches. -
Speech in the Virginia Convention
Patrick Hnery basically says, Give me Liberty or give me death, Saying he wants to stand up for his country. well colny at this time. -
The Declaration of Independence
In Jefferson's words, the Declaration was written, "In order to place before mankind the common sense of the matter in terms so plain and simple as to command their assent." -
The American Crisis Number 1
Basically Paine wants the country to come together. -
Speech in the convention
Was spoke, before the final draft of the constitution was written. -
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Romanticism
The authors wrote about the American culture, coming of Age, slavery, Demoreacy, poetry, and feeling ofer fact. The authors were Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Waly Whit Man, Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Washington Irving, and Henry Wadsworth LongFellow. -
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Romanticism
American culture, coming of age, slavery, democracy, poetry, feeling over fact. -
The raven
pain, lots of pain. -
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Realism
Can be broadly defined as 'the faithful representation of reality'. -
The Scarlet Letter
full of legalism, sin, and guilt. -
Leaves of grass
the need for the United States to have its own new and unique poet to write about the new country's virtues and vices. -
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Regionalism
The authors in this time period consisted of William Faukner,
John Steinbeck, Eudora Welty, and Flannery O'Connor. They often wrote about relationship with nature, survival of the fittest, and relationship with socitey. William Faukner spoke of traditional values and how they're breaking apart; while John Steinbeck focused on the great depression, and how it felt to live through it. Steinbeck really captured the poverty, devastation and the injustice of many American working-classes. -
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Naturalism
Suggests social conditions, heredity, and the enviornment has an inevitable force in shaping human characters. -
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Written by Mark Twain, this book is told in the first person by Huck Finn, friedd of Tom Sawyer, and is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. -
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Modernism
A Period where all previous traditions and ways were questioned and protested. -
The Red Badge of Courage
A war novel taking place in the Civil War. It's about a young private whol runs away from the battle field during the war. -
We Wear the Mask
The poem written by Paul Laurence Dunbar is about putting yourslef off differently to other as you actually are to avoid judgements. -
The Awakening
Written by Kate Choppin, it was originally named A Solitary Soul. This book is about Edna Pontellier and her struggle to deal with her increasingly unorthodox view on femininity and motherhood at the turn of the century in New Orleans. -
Call of the Wild
Written by Jack London. This book is about a domesticated or 'house' dog the was stolen and forced to be an Alaskan sled dog, back when they were in high demand. -
A Wagner Matinee
A short story by Willa Cather about a man named Clark recieving word that his Aunt Georgiana, a talented music teacher from Nebraska, is coming to settle and estate. -
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Harlem Rennaiance
This was a time of the American Dream, relationship with society, and rebellion and protest. The blacks tried to push the fact that racial equality was very important. It wsa a civil rights movement that involved: Langston Hughes, Zor Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright. -
The Road Not Taken
This is one of Robert Frost's most popular poems, and also the one that's misunderstood. It's a narrtive about how we as people have a spirit of adventure, and the choices we make in life. Also it's about how we may have regrets in our life about the decisions that we make. -
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald is the author of this story. It's a typical millionare who in in love with the most beautiful woman. He holds extravagant parties, and gets feelings for woman he meets. The topoics of discussion are based around the American Dream, idealism, and decadence. -
As I Lay Dying
This novel is said to be the best written novels out of the 20th century, by William Faukner. It is the story where they try and honor their daughters wish to be burried in the place of her choice. Though some of their decisions may be selfish but they are motivated to accomplish the goal. The technique Faukner uses is stream of consciousness, which is many thoughts and feelings that pass through the mind. -
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neal Hurston was one of the most recgonized African American writers of her time. This book revolves around the time of the KKK, and lynchings. This story is about opportunities, and love. And in the end everybody comes together to help a black woman, so she won't get tried fof murder. -
The Grapes of Wrath
Jhon Steinbeck set this stroy durning the Great Depression. The story is based on hardships of a family and how they were driven out of their home. Their is drought, economic hardships, and the agucultural industry forcing tenant farmers out of work. The themes are: Survival of the fittest, adn Relationship with nature. -
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemmingway wrote this novel, and it's said to be his best work yet. This novel is based on his experience with the Spanish civil war. The leading character tells the story, the characters face many difficulties in the war, that they have to overcome. The main themes of this novel is death, sacrifice, suicide, and communism. -
A worn Path
Eudora Welty expresses herself in her writtings. This story is about an African American woman who has to go on this long journey to get medicine for her grandson. And she is in pain, with her weak bones, and doesn't know how much longer she can take it. -
Native Son
A twenty year old man, living in poverty. Richard Wright portrays this story as relationshiip with society. He explains that Africans back then basically don't exsist, and they're treated like they're pathetic. -
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Post Modernism
This is a time of disillusionment, and relationship between society. The authors included in this period are: Ernest Hemingway, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, and Author Miller. Their topics of discussion were about people and their problems with society, and their reckless lives. -
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison wrote about social issues that blacks faced in the early twentieth century. The story is about a man who isn't literally invisible, but he feels invisible in society because no one notices him. -
The Crucible
Author Miller wrote The Crucible around the time that the Salem Which Trials were taking place: the persecution of people who were thought of as whiches. These characters often face death, and inescapable situations. -
A Good Man is Hard to Find
This is about a grandmother who doesn't want to go to the same place for vacation, because an escape convict is lose there. The family still want to go, but the grandmother is trying to get them to change their mind. So she tell them these stories when she was a child, and they take a little detour. -
I, Too
Langston Hughes was a great contibutor to the Harlem Rennaiance movement. This poes is about eqality, and how he was going to face it. It's about how the blacs would work together and over come the judgement, just because of their skin color. -
Poetry Collection
all of emily dickinsons poetry.
