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Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629, the Saybrook Colony in 1635, the Connecticut Colony in 1636, and the New Haven Colony in 1638.
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Early 1700s- early 1800s. A time of political change.
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The romantic period of American literature took place from 1830 to 1870 and emphasized nature, symbolism, transcendentalism, and individualism.
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In summary, Transcendentalism was an American literary and philosophical movement that lasted from the 1830s to the 1850s. The key beliefs of the movement were: The 'Eternal One': Every individual carries the universe within himself and is entitled to his own personal relationship with spirituality.
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Naturalism was a literary movement taking place from 1865 to 1900 that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character.
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Realism is the post civil war literary movement between 1865-1900. Realism directly opposes the previous movement Romanticism. It focuses on the harsh realities of life and gives the reader a true sense of “local color”.
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Regionalism and Local Color Fiction, 1865-1895. Regionalism and Local Color Bibliography. Definitions. Local color or regional literature is fiction and poetry that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other features particular to a specific region.
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The Modernist period of American literature took place between 1910 to 1945. Literature scholars differ over the years that encompass the Modernist period, however most generally agree that modernist authors published as early as the 1880s and into the mid-1940s.
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The Contemporary Period (1945–present)This conflict with the Soviet Union shaped global politics for more than four decades, and the proxy wars and threat of nuclear annihilation that came to define it were just some of the influences shaping American literature during the second half of the 20th century.