Timeline: American Literature Timeline

Period: Jan 18, 1790 to Jan 18, 1870

Southwestern Humor

Period: Jan 18, 1830 to Jan 18, 1840

Transcendentalism

Period: Jan 18, 1830 to Jan 18, 1840

Transcendentalism

Period: Jan 18, 1830 to Jan 18, 1900

American Realism

Period: Jan 18, 1840 to Jan 18, 1860

Slave Narratives

Jan 18, 1852

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stow

Feb 18, 1885

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Period: Jan 18, 1890 to Jan 18, 1910

American Naturalism

Period: Jun 1, 1914 to Nov 1, 1918

World War I

Period: Jun 1, 1914 to Nov 1, 1918

World War I

Jan 18, 1915

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Jan 18, 1915

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Jan 1, 1930

Modernism

Modernism became extremely popular after World War I, and was prevelant in the era of the 1920's known as the "Jazz Age". By 1930, Modernism became a part of established ideals.

Period: Jan 18, 1920 to Jan 18, 1940

The Harlem Renaissance

Period: Jan 18, 1920 to Jan 18, 1930

The Roaring Twenties

Apr 10, 1925

The Great Gatsby By F Scott. Fitzgerald

Jan 18, 1929

All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Jan 18, 1932

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Jan 18, 1936

Gone With the Wind

Nov 22, 1936

JFK Assassination

Jan 18, 1937

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Jan 18, 1939

The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck

Period: Jan 18, 1939 to Jan 18, 1945

World War II

Period: Jan 18, 1950 to Jan 18, 1970

Post-Modernism

Period: Jan 18, 1950 to Jan 18, 1960

The Beat Generation

Period: Jan 18, 1950 to Jan 18, 1953

Korean War

Period: Jan 18, 1950 to Jan 18, 1953

Korean War

Jan 1, 1951

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger

Jan 18, 1954

Melody of Love by The Ink Spots

Jan 18, 1955

Hey Porter by Johhny Cash

Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Jan 18, 1975

Vietnam War

Jan 18, 1961

Catch-22 By Joseph Heller

Jan 18, 1966

Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra

Jan 18, 1966

Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra

Apr 4, 1968

MLK Assassination

Period: Jan 18, 1970 to Jan 18, 2011

Contemporary Period

Jan 18, 1971

I Feel Good By James Brown

Oct 3, 1990

Southwestern Humor

Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism

American Realism

Slave Narratives

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stow

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

American Naturalism

World War I

World War I

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Modernism

The Harlem Renaissance

The Roaring Twenties

The Great Gatsby By F Scott. Fitzgerald

All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Gone With the Wind

JFK Assassination

Their Eyes Were Watching God

The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck

World War II

Post-Modernism

The Beat Generation

Korean War

Korean War

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger

Melody of Love by The Ink Spots

Hey Porter by Johhny Cash

Vietnam War

Catch-22 By Joseph Heller

Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra

Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra

MLK Assassination

Contemporary Period

I Feel Good By James Brown

Fall of the Berlin Wall

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