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Enlightenment 1607-1800
http://mclainhonorsenglish.wikispaces.com/Age+of+Enlightenment+Overview
The age of Enlightenment was the era when religion was the driving force of American culture, and by extension, literature
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the age of faith 1607-1750
http://mclainhonorsenglish.wikispaces.com/Age+of+Enlightenment+Overview
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Anne Bradstreet
"To My Dear and Loving Husband"
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Literary styles
The different kinds of literary styles are sermons, diaries,personal narratives,slave narratives, instructional guides. The writing style among American authors of this time period was very plain and simple, reflecting the culture and lifestyles of the time. http://mclainhonorsenglish.wikispaces.com/Age+of+Enlightenment+Overview -
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The age of reason
The American Revolution, which caused the spread of patriotism. American character and democracy began the development of this era. http://mclainhonorsenglish.wikispaces.com/Age+of+Enlightenment+Overview -
Thomas Jefferson
Patriot famous for the Declaration of Independence, the Third President of the United States. http://mclainhonorsenglish.wikispaces.com/Age+of+Enlightenment+Overview -
French and Indian war begins
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Romanticism
Romanticism was a literary and artistic movement of the nineteenth century that arose in reaction against eighteenth-century Neoclassicism and placed a premium on fancy, imagination, emotion, nature, individuality, and exotica. -
Thomas Jefferson's letter to Merriwether Lewis: go West!
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Transcendentalists
Transcendentalism was an American literary and philosophical movement of the nineteenth century. The Transcendentalists, who were based in New England, believed that intuition and the individual conscience “transcend” experience and thus are better guides to truth than are the senses and logical reason. http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm -
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The First Opium War
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Scarlett Letter" http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm -
Edgar Allen Poe
"The Ravnen" http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm -
Walt Whitman
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Abolation of slavary
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Lincoln is elected president
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Realism
Realism is the presentation in art of the details of actual life. http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm -
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Naturalism
Naturalism was a literary movement among novelists at the end of the nineteenth century and during the early decades of the twentieth century. http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Mark Twain
Huckleberry Fin http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm -
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Stepen Crane
The red badge of courage http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm -
Titanic strikes an iceberg
The Titanic strikes an iceberg, and 1502 lives are lost because the ship did not carry enough lifeboats. http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1910.htm -
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Modernism
The period was marked by sudden and unexpected breaks with traditional ways of viewing and interacting with the world. http://www.online-literature.com/periods/modernism.php -
E.E. Cummings
The Enormous Room http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1910.htm -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm -
Einstein age
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The Harlem Renaissance
Occurred during the 1920’s, was a time of African American artistic creativity centered in Harlem, in New York City. http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm -
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Contemperary Literature
Literature with its setting generally after World War II. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=serp&pq=contemporary%20literature&cp=24&gs_id=4&xhr=t&q=contemporary+literature+definition&pf=p&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&oq=contemporary+literature+&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=a4c147812de756a9&bpcl=40096503&biw=1440&bih=719 -
J.D. Salinger
Catcher in the Rye http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger -
Langston Hughes
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Terrorist Attack
On September 11th, 2001 US world trade centers were attacked in a terrorist attack. http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1920m.html