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"Neoclassicism (c. 1660–1798): A literary movement, inspired by the rediscovery of classical works of ancient Greece and Rome that emphasized balance, restraint, and order. Neoclassicism roughly coincided with the Enlightenment, which espoused reason over passion. Notable neoclassical writers include Edmund Burke, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, and Jonathan Swift."
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The Declaration of Independence is ratified
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Transcendentalism
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Civil Disobedience of published
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The Civil War
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Realism
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Naturalism
"Naturalism (c. 1865–1900): A literary movement that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. Leading writers in the movement include Émile Zola, Theodore Dreiser, and Stephen Crane."
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President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published
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Modernism
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Modern Age
"An age of disillusionment and confusion—just look at what was happening in history in the US during these dates—this period brought us perhaps our best writers. The authors during this period raised all the great questions of life…but offered no answers. Faulkner, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Frost are all examples."
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The Lost Generation
"Lost Generation (c. 1918–1930s): A term used to describe the generation of writers, many of them soldiers that came to maturity during World War I. Notable members of this group include F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, and Ernest Hemingway, whose novel The Sun Also Rises embodies the Lost Generation’s sense of disillusionment."
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The Harlem Renaissance
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Post-Modernism
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Their Eyes were Watching God is published
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The Grapes of Wrath is published
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The Beat Generation
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The Catcher in the Rye is published
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Lord of the Flies is published
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Jailhouse Rock is released
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To Kill a Mockingbird is published
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I Left My Heart in San Francisco is released
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Assassination of JFK
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The Road Not Taken is published
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Yellow Submarine is released
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Apollo 11 lands on the moon
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Beat It is released
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The Giver is published
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Terrorists crash a plane into the Twin Towers on 9-11
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The Kite Runner is pulished
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is published
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Barak Obama is the first person on color to become president of the U.S.
