American Literature Timeline By sfathlete415 Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 1840 Romanticism Jan 1, 1814 Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key Jan 1, 1845 Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Period: Jan 17, 1846 to Jan 17, 1848 U.S-Mexican War Jan 18, 1847 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is published Jan 18, 1847 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is published Mar 1, 1850 The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthhorne Published in spring Nov 14, 1851 Moby Dick by Herman Melville Jan 18, 1854 Oh Susanna! written by Stephen Foster Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 6, 1865 Civil War Period: Jan 17, 1865 to Jan 17, 1915 Realism Period: Jan 17, 1865 to Jan 17, 1915 Regionalism Period: Jan 18, 1865 to Jan 18, 1900 Naturalism Jan 1, 1876 Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Jan 17, 1885 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Period: Jan 17, 1912 to Jan 17, 1927 Imagism Period: Jan 1, 1919 to Jan 1, 1929 Harlem Renaissance Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1930 Modernism Aug 26, 1920 Women gain the right to vote Apr 10, 1925 The Great Gatsby is published Jan 1, 1926 The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes Jan 1, 1930 Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes Sep 17, 1937 Their Eyes Were Watching God published Period: Sep 1, 1939 to May 8, 1945 World War 2 Period: Jan 17, 1950 to Jan 17, 1970 The Beat Generation Jul 16, 1951 The Catcher in the Rye is published Period: Jan 17, 1954 to Jan 17, 1963 Civil Rights Movement Period: Jan 17, 1960 to Jan 17, 1985 Post-Modernism
