American Literature Timeline

  • The Tyger-- by William Blake

    The Tyger-- by William Blake
    Sources only give the information that it was written in 1800
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    Romanticism

    Literary and Artistic Movement. Importance on fancy, imagination, emotion, nature, individuality, and exotica
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    War of 1812

  • A Dream Within a Dream-- by Edgar Allen Poe

    A Dream Within a Dream-- by Edgar Allen Poe
    only the year is accurate in this date
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    Transcedentalism

    Movement actually ended around the 1950's. Research doesn't give an exact date.
  • Oliver Twist-- by Charles Dickens

    Oliver Twist-- by Charles Dickens
    exact day is unknown
  • Self Reliance-- by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Self Reliance-- by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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    Mexican-American War

  • The Scarlet Letter-- by Nathaniel Hawthorne

    The Scarlet Letter-- by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Moby Dick-- by Herman Melville

    Moby Dick-- by Herman Melville
    this date is when Harper and Brothers published the book, not when Richard Bentley published it
  • Dark Romanticism

    Dark Romanticism
    not completely accurate, just stated that it was in reaction to transcendentalism
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    Civil War

    The only thing accurate about this timespan is the year. The days and months are not accurate
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    Realism

  • War and Peace-- By Leo Tolstoy

    War and Peace-- By Leo Tolstoy
    Actual month and day are unknown
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    Naturalism

    Wikipedia says it happened during the 1880's and the 1940's
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-- by Mark Twain

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-- by Mark Twain
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    Modernism

    Approximate dates
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    Spanish-American War

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    The Harlem Renaissance-- known as "New Negro Movement"

    This era is an approimation. Resources unspecifically said that the era ended in the 1930's
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    World War One (WWI)

    This is a general date
  • The Road Not Taken-- by Robert Frost

    The Road Not Taken-- by Robert Frost
    Only the year was given
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    Surrealism

  • The Great Gatsby-- by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby-- by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Approximate date
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God--by Zora Neal urston

    Their Eyes Were Watching God--by Zora Neal urston
    The Day is an approximation, month and year are accurate
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    World War II

    The year is the only accurate part about the start and end date
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    Postmodernism

    Approximate Date
  • I Have Given Fair Warning-- by Philip Lamantia

    I Have Given Fair Warning-- by Philip Lamantia
    The only exact part of the date is the year.
  • The Catcher in the Rye-- by J.D. Salinger

    The Catcher in the Rye-- by J.D. Salinger
    approximate date
  • There is Another Sky-- by Emily Dickinson

    There is Another Sky-- by Emily Dickinson
    only the year is accurate
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    Vietnam War

    These dates are according to Wikipedia =]
  • I Carry Your Heart With Me-- by E.E. Cummings

    I Carry Your Heart With Me-- by E.E. Cummings
    only the year is accurate
  • The Beat Generation (Film)

    The Beat Generation (Film)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird-- by Harper Lee

    To Kill a Mockingbird-- by Harper Lee