American Literature Timeline

  • Declaration of Independence adopted by Congress

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    American Literature Timeline

  • Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin

  • "Star Spangled Banner", Francis Scott Key

    "Star Spangled Banner", Francis Scott Key

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    American Romanticism

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    Transcendentalism

  • "The Raven", Edgar Allan Poe

    "The Raven", Edgar Allan Poe

  • The Scarlette Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorn

    The Scarlette Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorn

  • Civil War Starts

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    American Realism

  • Thomas Edison Invents the Lightbulb (patented)

    Thomas Edison Invents the Lightbulb (patented)

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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    Modernism

  • Start Of World War 1

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    Surrealism

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    The Harlem Renaissance

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    Stridentism

  • The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerald

  • All Quiet On The Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque

    All Quiet On The Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque

  • "Dear Lovely Death", Langston Hughes

    "Dear Lovely Death", Langston Hughes

  • Gone With The WInd, by Margaret Mitchell

    Gone With The WInd, by Margaret Mitchell

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

    Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

  • Start Of World War 2

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    The Beat Generation

  • Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger

    Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger

  • Go Tell It On The Mountain, by James Baldwin

    Go Tell It On The Mountain, by James Baldwin

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    Post-Modernism -->

  • I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou

    I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou

  • "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver

    "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver

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    Spoken Word

  • Obama's Inauguration

  • "Not Afraid", Eminem

    "Not Afraid", Eminem