American Literature Timeline

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    Southwestern Humor

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    Transcendentalism

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    Transcendentalism

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    American Realism

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    Slave Narratives

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stow

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
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    American Naturalism

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    World War I

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    World War I

  • The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

  • The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

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    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.
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    The Harlem Renaissance

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    The Roaring Twenties

  • The Great Gatsby By F Scott. Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby By F Scott. Fitzgerald
  • All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

    All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • Gone With the Wind

    Gone With the Wind
  • JFK Assassination

    JFK Assassination
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck

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    World War II

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    Post-Modernism

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    The Beat Generation

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    Korean War

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    Korean War

  • The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger

    The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger
  • Melody of Love by The Ink Spots

  • Hey Porter by Johhny Cash

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    Vietnam War

  • Catch-22 By Joseph Heller

    Catch-22 By Joseph Heller
  • Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra

  • Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra

  • MLK Assassination

    MLK Assassination
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    Contemporary Period

  • I Feel Good By James Brown

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

    Fall of the Berlin Wall