American lit(1)

American Liturature Timeline

By 13zoer
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Bought Louisiana from France.
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    Trancsendentalism

  • Self-Reliance by Ralph Emerson

    Self-Reliance by Ralph Emerson

  • Civil Disobedience by Henry Thoreau

    Civil Disobedience by Henry Thoreau

  • A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allen Poe

    A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allen Poe

  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

    The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    Realism

    Realistic, didn't embelish events.
  • 13th Ammendment (Abolision of Slavery)

    13th Ammendment (Abolision of Slavery)

  • On the Beach at Night by Walt Whitman

    On the Beach at Night by Walt Whitman

    My favorite peom
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    Naturalism

    stemmed from Realism.
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

  • Call of the Wild by Jack London

    Call of the Wild by Jack London

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    Modernism

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    Imagism

    Imagry!
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    World War I

    Allies: United Kingdom, France, Russia, America.
    Central Powers: Germany, Italy, Austria- Hungary
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    Dada

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    The Harlem Renaissance

  • 19th Ammendment- Woman's Suffrage

    19th Ammendment- Woman's Suffrage

    Women get the right to vote!
  • The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

    Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

    The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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    World War II

    Allies: Unite Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, etc.
    Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan, etc.
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    The Beat Generation

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    Confessional Poetry

    details about poet's personal lives, tells it like it is and tells about all aspects of life.
  • Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

    Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

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    African American Civil Rights Movement

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    Post- Modernism

  • To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

    To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

  • A Light in the Attic by Shel Silvertein

    A Light in the Attic by Shel Silvertein

    A collection of poems.
  • The Color Purple By Alice Walker

    The Color Purple By Alice Walker

  • 9/11 Attacks

    9/11 Attacks