American Literature Timeline By elynnmelon Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence adopted by Congress Period: Jul 4, 1776 to Jan 16, 2011 American Literature Timeline Apr 1, 1793 Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin Jan 1, 1814 "Star Spangled Banner", Francis Scott Key Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Dec 31, 1860 American Romanticism Period: Jan 1, 1840 to Dec 31, 1860 Transcendentalism Jan 1, 1845 "The Raven", Edgar Allan Poe Jan 1, 1850 The Scarlette Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorn Apr 12, 1861 Civil War Starts Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Dec 31, 1910 American Realism Jan 27, 1880 Thomas Edison Invents the Lightbulb (patented) Jan 1, 1885 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Dec 31, 1940 Modernism Jun 28, 1914 Start Of World War 1 Period: Dec 27, 1916 to Jan 16, 1923 Surrealism Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 31, 1939 The Harlem Renaissance Period: Dec 31, 1921 to Dec 31, 1927 Stridentism Jan 15, 1925 The Great Gatsby, by Scott Fitzgerald Jan 1, 1929 All Quiet On The Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque Jan 1, 1931 "Dear Lovely Death", Langston Hughes Jan 1, 1936 Gone With The WInd, by Margaret Mitchell Sep 1, 1937 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Sep 1, 1939 Start Of World War 2 Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 1959 The Beat Generation Jul 1, 1951 Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger Jan 1, 1953 Go Tell It On The Mountain, by James Baldwin Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Jan 15, 2011 Post-Modernism --> Jan 1, 1969 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou Jan 1, 1971 "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver Period: Jan 1, 1990 to Jan 16, 2011 Spoken Word Jan 20, 2009 Obama's Inauguration Jun 28, 2010 "Not Afraid", Eminem
