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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Puritanism
People were coming over from Europe to the new world for the first time, so they were writting with very strong view points on religion. For some settlers, it was the main reason for exploration to the New World which would lead to conclude that it would be something written about often during the time. -
To My Dear and Loving Husband
Author: Anne Bradstreet -
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Author: Jonathan Edwards -
Period: to
Rationalism
During this time period, many people were writting on the topics of governmental issues. There was a stuggle between the colonies and Great Britian going on over the freedom that the colonies were trying to obtain, resulting in very important historical pieces of writting to be published. -
Speech to Virginia
Presented by: Patrick Henry -
Declaraton of Independence
Author: Thomas Jefferson -
The American Crisis
Author: Thomas Paine -
Speech in the Convention
Given by: Benjamin Franklin -
Period: to
Romanticism
There were two sides or writting during this time period, the light and dark. America was developing tremendously because of the Industrial Revolution at this time, so that led to many different forms of writing to sprout throughout the country. -
Period: to
Realism
1800's-20th century, Authors during this time period included Stephen Crane, Mark Twain,Jack London, and Emily Dickinson. A time of inordinary situations,against romanticism, authors mainly wrote about ordinary characters, and main focus was relationships with society. -
The Devil and Tom Walker
Author: Washington Irving -
Nature (Essay)
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson -
The Raven
Author: Edgar Allen Poe -
The Scarlet Letter
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne -
Moby Dick
Author: Herman Melville -
Walden
Author: Henry David Thoreau -
Leaves of Grass
Author: Walt Whitman -
The Tides Rises, The Tide Falls
Author: Henry Wadworth Longfellow -
Period: to
Naturalism
Naturalism was encouraged by many authors such as Stephen Crane, Jack London, and John Steinbeck. It was a time of "survival of the fittest" and themes such as harsh reality of war, degration of humanity, social rebellion, betrayal, and guilt. -
Poetry collection
Author: Emily Dickinson -
Period: to
Modernism
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The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost -
Period: to
The Harlem Renaissance
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The Wasteland
By T.S Elliot -
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald -
Period: to
Regionalism
Encouraged by authors such as Wila Cather and William Faulkner , wrote about specific geographical areas , known as the "local color movement" . -
As I Lay Dying
By William Faulkner -
Their Eyes were Watching God
By Zora Neale Hurtston -
The Grapes of Wrath
By John Steinbeck -
Native Son
By Richard Wright -
For Whom the Bell Tolls
By Ernest Hemingway -
A Worn Path
By Eudora Welty -
I, Too
By Langston Hughes -
Period: to
Post Modernism
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Catcher in the Rye
By J.D Salinger -
Invisible Man
By Ralph Ellison -
The Crucible
Arthur Miller -
A Good Man is Hard to Find
Flannery O' Conner -
Old Age Sticks
Written by E.E Cummings -
To Kill a Mockingbird
By Harper Lee -
Beloved
Toni Morrison -
October 5 1895, The Red Badge Of Courage
by Stephen Crane -
6 December 1884 ,The Adventure Of Huckleberry Finn
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18 July 1903, Call Of The WIld
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7 September 1924, Poetry Collection
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18 July 1903 ,Call Of The Wild
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14 April 1939, The Grapes Of Wrath
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2 February 1904, A Wagner Matinee
Wila Cather -
6 October 1930, As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner