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Romanticism
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American Liturature Timeline
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Beethoven
Thrives in Classical and Romantic Eras, created remarkable works of classical pieces. -
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Transcendentalism
The literature movement that stepped beyond traditional values and ways of thinking and living -
The Pit and the Pendulum
by Edgar Allen Poe, infamous horror writer -
Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau -
Walden
by Henry David Thoreau -
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Realism
Real, stripped of bullshit that seemed unrealistic -
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Naturalism
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Racial Significance -
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Modernism
Progress Literature and Question Reality, Question Existence, Question Logic -
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WWI
Brutally large loss of life changed view and mindset with disturbing facts and outcome ,inspired modernism -
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The Dada Movement
Artsy -
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Harlem Renaissanse
Black people rise to artistic creativity -
E.E. Cummings
Modernist movement -
The Great Gatsby
The seminal look at the Progressive Era and Modernism movements taking place, with riches, money, fashion and all -
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The Great Depression
Worst economic situation America has been in, shook the nation -
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Contraversial black woman's literature -
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The Cold War
U.S. and Soviet Union -
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Beat Generation
Sex, Rock, Booze, Drugs, and Literature -
Lord of the Flies
Modern novel -
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African American Civil Rights Movement
Equality is made for an entire race of America -
Night
Shocked people internationally with it's vivid description of the WWII Holocaust -
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Post-Modernism
We are still in this Era -
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Highly praised novel that looks into the minds of those considered criminally insane -
The Catcher In the Rye
A contraversial book made which includes the moral battes within a yong man's head -
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
One of the best guitar solos ever written, a revolutionary song -
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
A book with themes that include racism, traditional values and poverty
