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The Enlightnment
A time of curiosity, rational thinking/planning, and the challange of Old World ideals.
During this time, the US was growing more powerful, with huge influxes of fresh thinkers pouring into the country and creating a new type of environment. -
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The Age of Faith
A time of great religious revival in America. Writers like Jonathan Edwards, Anna Bradstreet, or Edward Taylor dominated this era. -
Establishment of Jamestown
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Jonathan Edwards
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The Age of Reason
The Age of Reason was an era to counterattack the Age of Faith. Most work was aimed at proving logical answers to life's questions and disproving religious "facts." -
Thomas Paine
"Declaration of the Rights of Man" -
Whiskey Rebellion
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Romanticism
Romanticism is all about the self. Imagination was prefered rather than fact; magical creatures, elaborate landscapes, and great characters were important. -
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The Transcendentalists
Transcendentalism is about the unity between nature and God, and the pressence of a higher being in each and every person. Transcendentalists believed that humans could be perfected, etc. -
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New Poetic Forms
During this time period, new styles of writing were beginning to take shape; moving from the norm to genuine American styles of literature and poetry. -
Edgar Allen Poe
"The Raven" -
Texas joins the Union as the 28th State
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Realism
Realism was to counter-attack the Transcendentalist's were all about the imaginary, while Realists wrote about what was here and now; factual. -
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Naturalism: sub-genre of Realism
Naturalist's were self-deterministic, meaning humans had the ability to find their own destiny. They wrote about nature and the workings of urban life. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" -
Gadsen Purchase
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Henry David Thoreau
"Walden" -
Brooklyn Bridge opens to the public
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Mark Twain
"Huck Finn" -
1893 Chicago World's Fair
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Emily Dickinson
"I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" -
Jack London
"Call of the Wild" -
Wright Brother's test their flying machine
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Modernism
Modernism was a time of rapid change in society, as well as literature. People were trying new ways to do things, inventions were poping up. Writing began to reflect the urban landscape. -
T.S. Eliot
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Harlem Renaissance
This renaissance dealt with African American Literature associated with Harlem, NY. Many works depicting struggle, music, and family appeared during this time. -
Albert Einstein lectured about his theory of relativity in NYC
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Earnest Hemingway
"The Sun Also Rises" -
Great Depression
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Langston Huges
"Not Without Laughter" -
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Contempory Literature
Contempory Literature was during a time genually after WWII. People wrote everything from science fiction to romance novels. Philosophy, art and architecture were key. -
J.D. Salinger
"The Catcher in the Rye" -
Moon Landing
