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Puritanism Period
Period that used themes of relationship with society. -
To my Dear and Loving Husband
Poem by Anna Bradstreet that talks about her husband and what would happen when she passes away. -
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Rationalism Period
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Sinners in Hands of Angry God by Jonathan edwards
Sermon written by Jonathan Edwards. -
Speech to Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry
Speech to convince the Virginia Convention to form a militia to fight the British. -
'Declaration of Independence' by Thomas Jefferson
Document that made it so American Colonies could break from British rule. -
'From the American Crisis'
Pamphlets written during the American revolution (1776-1783) -
'Speech in the Convention' by Benjamin Franklin
Speech written by Benjamin Franklin but wasn't read by him as he was sick at the time of the Convention. -
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Romanticism Period
Literary period that had themes of coming of age. -
The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
A short story about Tom Walker. -
'From Nature' by Ralph Waldo Emerson
An essay about humans not accepting the beauty of nature. -
'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe
A man in his home is tormented by a raven. -
'The Scarlet Letter' by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A fictional story. A woman is punished for acts of adultery. -
Poetry Collection of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson's poetry collection. -
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael. -
'From Walden' by Henry David Thoreau
A man goes to the woods to isolate himself from society. -
'Leaves of Grass' by Walt Whitman
A poetry collection of Walt Whitman's works. -
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Realism Period
Realists wrote about ordinance characters in ordinary situations. -
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -
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Naturalism Period
The theme of human endurance in the face of overwhelming natural forces -
The Adv. of Huck Finn
A boy named Huck Finn and all his adventures he experienced -
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Regionalism Period
Writers focused on the distinctive qualities of their geographical setting -
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The inner experience of a soldier fleeing combat -
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood in the South -
Call of the Wild by Jack London
A dog named Buck who was stolen from his californian home and sent to Alaska where he learns to survive and become a leader in the wild -
A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather
A young Bostonian named Clark receives word that his Aunt Georgiana is coming to visit from Nebraska to settle an estate -
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The Modern Age
Post world war II made American writers lose the optimistic view of American life. -
"The Enormous Room"
E.E. Cummings
The Enormous Room was an autobiogrophy. -
"The Waste Land"
T.S. Eliot
One of T.S. best works, a 64 pg poem -
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The Harlem Renaissance
This era was expressed primarily by African Americans. They expressed their feelings and their personal experiences through this time. -
"The Great Gatsby"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby was a novel that described what F. Scott thought to be the downfall of American life. -
"The Sun Also Rises"
Ernest Hemingway
This book is about a group of British and American expatriates who travel to Pamplona to watch the Running of the Bulls. -
"Heritage"
Countee Cullen
This poem described the early life of African Americans. -
"The Weary Blues"
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes publishes this poem in 1926. The poem was famed in the Harlem Renaissance period. -
As I Lay Dying by William Faulker
It is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest and motivations to honor her wish -
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades -
"Jonah's Gourd Vine"
Zora Neale Hurston
This was one of the first books written by an African American at this time. -
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home who set out to California for a better future -
Native Son by Richard Wright
The novel tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black American youth living in utter poverty -
"A Bell for Adano"
John Hersey
John won the Pulitzer Prize for this novel. -
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Post-Modernism
Post World war II era, Writers described their life during and after the war. Irony was a big part of writings during this time. Enlightment and a modernist approach to literature. -
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
It addresses many of the social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans early in the twentieth century -
"Lord of the Flies'
William Golding
This book is about Golding's thoughts of what would happen if a group of British boys got stranded on an island. -
"A Good Man is Hard To Find"
Flannery O'Connor
Was a collection of short stories written by O'Connor. -
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A story about a major trial that goes on in Maycomb, Alabama -
"Ulysses"
James Joyce publishes This book in Febuary of 1922.
It goes through the life of Leopold Bloom
