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Romanticism
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Transcendentalism
Gah. :3
Transcendentalism was a brief movement in history that lasted roughly from the 1830s to 40s.
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Anti-Transcendentalism
1830-40s.
Used symbolism.
Believed sin, pain, and evil exist.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is published.
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Realism (social realism and aesthetic realism)
1855-1900 -
American Civil War
1861-1865 -
Lincoln Assassinated
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is published.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, is published.
Not American but I had to include it. -
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is published.
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The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, is published
Exact day and month, Ican not fine, but it came before the Meat Inspection Act -
FMIA passed
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The Harlem Renaissance
1920s-30s -
The beginning of the moderinst movement (ish)
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The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is published.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinback, is published.
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers, is published.
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The U.S joins in on WW II
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide
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The Beat movement came around
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Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger is published.
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Post modernism
I'm slightly confused on the year for post modernism for I assumed that it was any year after the modernist movement. -
Harry Potter saga begins with the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K Rowling
Not American, but it had a significant impact on American culture and literature. Plus it was a part of my chilhood and my childhood's pretty historical. :p