-
Period: to
Early American Liturature
The styles of writing from this time period was very original, straight forward, and focused on the future. -
Period: to
Salem Witch Trials
-
Period: to
American Romanticism
-
Period: to
Realism
-
Period: to
Modernism
-
Great Gatsby
Written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. His style of writing was poetic, included moments of death, irony, and was very sophisticated. It included much drama describing a time period of greed, valuing wealth, and the American Dream. During this time, "Mrs Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf and "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler was published. -
Harlem Renaissance
Because this happened during the Great Depression, writings consisted of themes like alienation and marginalization in the American society. -
Of Mice & Men
Was a fiction novel with describing the lives of farm workers during the Great Depression. And the deepest struggles of the disabled workers. -
Barn Burning
-
The Crucible
Written by Arthur Miller in 1950's
