Timeline: American Literature Timeline | Timetoast

Jan 17, 1800

The Tyger-- by William Blake

Sources only give the information that it was written in 1800
Period: Jan 17, 1800 to Jan 17, 1840

Romanticism

Literary and Artistic Movement. Importance on fancy, imagination, emotion, nature, individuality, and exotica
Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815

War of 1812
Jan 17, 1827

A Dream Within a Dream-- by Edgar Allen Poe

only the year is accurate in this date
Period: Sep 8, 1836 to Jun 20, 1852

Transcedentalism

Movement actually ended around the 1950's. Research doesn't give an exact date.
Feb 17, 1837

Oliver Twist-- by Charles Dickens

exact day is unknown
Jan 17, 1841

Self Reliance-- by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Apr 2, 1848

Mexican-American War
Mar 30, 1850

The Scarlet Letter-- by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nov 14, 1851

Moby Dick-- by Herman Melville

this date is when Harper and Brothers published the book, not when Richard Bentley published it
Jan 17, 1855

Dark Romanticism

not completely accurate, just stated that it was in reaction to transcendentalism
Period: May 28, 1861 to Jan 17, 1865

Civil War

The only thing accurate about this timespan is the year. The days and months are not accurate
Period: Jan 17, 1865 to Jan 17, 1915

Realism
Jan 17, 1869

War and Peace-- By Leo Tolstoy

Actual month and day are unknown
Period: Jan 17, 1880 to Jan 17, 1940

Naturalism

Wikipedia says it happened during the 1880's and the 1940's
Dec 10, 1884

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-- by Mark Twain
Period: Jan 17, 1890 to May 3, 1930

Modernism

Approximate dates
Period: Apr 25, 1898 to Aug 12, 1898

Spanish-American War
Period: Jan 17, 1910 to Jan 17, 1935

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

This era is an approimation. Resources unspecifically said that the era ended in the 1930's
Period: Jan 17, 1914 to Jan 17, 1918

World War One (WWI)

This is a general date
Jan 17, 1916

The Road Not Taken-- by Robert Frost

Only the year was given
Period: Jan 17, 1920 to Sep 28, 1966

Surrealism
Feb 15, 1925

The Great Gatsby-- by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Approximate date
Sep 17, 1937

Their Eyes Were Watching God--by Zora Neal urston

The Day is an approximation, month and year are accurate
Period: Jan 17, 1939 to Jan 17, 1945

World War II

The year is the only accurate part about the start and end date
Period: Jan 17, 1940 to Jun 6, 1975

Postmodernism

Approximate Date
Jul 19, 1943

I Have Given Fair Warning-- by Philip Lamantia

The only exact part of the date is the year.
Jan 1, 1951

The Catcher in the Rye-- by J.D. Salinger

approximate date
Jan 17, 1955

There is Another Sky-- by Emily Dickinson

only the year is accurate
Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

Vietnam War

These dates are according to Wikipedia =]
Jan 17, 1958

I Carry Your Heart With Me-- by E.E. Cummings

only the year is accurate
Jul 3, 1959

The Beat Generation (Film)
Jul 11, 1960

To Kill a Mockingbird-- by Harper Lee