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Puritanism and Rationalism
On Puritanism they wrote about religious matters. On Rationalism they wrote about political crisis matters. These are intertwinned, not only because they happened around the same period but because they also "opposed" each other. Rationalism happened during the "Enlightment Era" which was when the world started questioning religion and starting looking for more reasonable or "rationable" anwsers. This is what mostly began science, math, etc. -
Anne Bradstreet
Wrote "To My Dear and Loving Husband". It was a love poem she created for her husband, showing her appreciation for him and how much they love each other -
Jonathan Edwards
Wrote, "Sinners in Hands of an Angry God" -
Patrick Henry
Speech to Virginia Convention. He helped convince the Virginia Convention to join the American Revolution. -
Thomass Jefferson
He wrote the Declaration of Independence. Along with other authors. This document created by Thomas Jefferson and signed by many others gave us the freedom that we have today -
Thomas Paine
Wrote "The American Crisis" -
Benjamin Franklin
Speech in the convention -
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Romanticism
Romanticsm arose in reaction to the wars of politics are religion going on at the time. Romantacism was a way for people to express peace and hope at a harsh time. -
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Created "Nature; Self-Reliance. Believed that God is in the nature outside, that nature was God's canvas and that is how you could connect to him -
Edgar Allan Poe
Created "The Raven". He was a very dark poetic writer. Most say he had a very hard and depressing life. -
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Created "The Scarlet Letter" -
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Regionalism, Realism, and Naturalism
All wrote about the aspects of life that they saw in their daily lives or going on around them. -
Herman Melville
Created "Moby Dick". -
Henry David Thoreau
Created "Walden". -
Walt Whitman
Romantic poet, created the book Leaves of Grass. -
Mark Twain
Wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" -
Emily Dickinson
Poet, created the Poetry Collection -
Stephen Crane
Wrote : The Red Badge of Courage" -
Theodore Dreiser
Wrote " Sister Carrie" -
Jack london
wrote call of the wild -
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Modernism (Symbolism)
War and change was in this time. the stock market crashed. world war 2 had ended. a new age of writing had came to life. explaining the war and outcomes of it. the Harlem renaissance was also born into this time period -
Theodore Dreiser
Wrote "The Titan" -
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Harlem Renaissance
''The New Negro Age'' as some call it. it was when african americans expressed their true feelings through writing and art. the things they experienced and the new age of harlem is written through their writing. -
Willa Cather
created A wagner mantinee -
William Fauklkner
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Post Modernism
a calm down period after the war. Advancements in technology. Getting close to the modern age -
Harper Lee
Wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird"
