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American Romanticism

By boryszczycz

  • American Revolution 1765 - 1783

    The 13 colonies free themselves from British Rule
  • 1803 The Louisiana Purchase

    1803 The Louisiana Purchase

    President Thomas Jefferson expanded the country in which became the frontier in which people were the first to see this great country.
  • 1819- Washington Irving writes Rip Van Winkle

    1819- Washington Irving writes Rip Van Winkle

    One of the first popular stories of American Romanticism
  • 1820- Washington Irving writes The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    1820- Washington Irving writes The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    One of the first Gothic books of American Romanticism

  • Late 1820s Transcendentalism is developed

  • 1837 - Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote Twice Told Tales

    1837 - Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote Twice Told Tales

    A collection of short stories
  • 1839- Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Fall of the House of Usher

    1839- Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Fall of the House of Usher

    American Gothicism started to make an impact with Poe being considered the father of Gothicism
  • 1841- Ralph Waldo Emerson writes Essays: First Series

    1841- Ralph Waldo Emerson writes Essays: First Series

    includes "History", "Self-Reliance", "Compensation", "Spiritual Laws", "Love", "Friendship", "Prudence", "Heroism", "The Over-Soul", "Circles", "Intellect" and "Art"
  • 1843 - Harriet Beecher Stowe writes The Mayflower

    1843 - Harriet Beecher Stowe writes The Mayflower

  • 1844 - Margaret Fuller writes Summer on the Lakes

    1844 - Margaret Fuller writes Summer on the Lakes

  • 1844- Second Series of Essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    1844- Second Series of Essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Included in the Second Series were
    "The Poet", "Experience", "Character", "Manners",
    "Gifts", "Nature", "Politics",
    "Nominalist and Realist", and "New England Reformers
  • 1845- Margaret Fuller writes Woman in the Nineteenth Century

    1845- Margaret Fuller writes Woman in the Nineteenth Century

  • 1845 - Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Raven

    1845 - Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Raven

    One of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous works is written
  • 1848 - Women's Right Movement Starts

    1848 - Women's Right Movement Starts

    Women want their rights and to be equal to men
  • 1849 - Henry David Thoreau writes Civil Disobedience

    1849 - Henry David Thoreau writes Civil Disobedience

    Henry David Thoreau wrote one of his most popular books
  • 1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Scarlet Letter

    1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter is one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous works.
  • 1850 - Edgar Allan Poe has The Pit and the Pendulum released

    1850 - Edgar Allan Poe has The Pit and the Pendulum released

    This story was released after he died in 1849.
  • 1850 - The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is released

    1850 - The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is released

  • 1851 - Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The House of the Seven Gables

    1851 - Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The House of the Seven Gables

  • 1851 - Herman Melville writes Moby Dick

    1851 - Herman Melville writes Moby Dick

  • 1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Uncle Tom's Cabin

    1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Was one of the best books written about Slavery.
  • 1852- Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Blithedale Romance

    1852- Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Blithedale Romance

  • 1854 - Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden

    1854 - Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden

    About his time at Walden pond.

  • 1860 - Realism period starts to appear

  • 1860 - Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Marble Faun

    1860 - Nathaniel Hawthorne writes The Marble Faun

  • 1861 - 1865 Emily Dickinson's Career

    1861 - 1865 Emily Dickinson's Career

    This time period was when Emily Dickinson had her most creative spark in her career and produced over 500 poems. Her poems had major themes of Romanticism
  • 1863 - Louisa May Alcott writes Hospital Sketches

    1863 - Louisa May Alcott writes Hospital Sketches

  • 1865 - Civil War Ends

    1865 - Civil War Ends

  • 1869 - 1870 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is written

    1869 - 1870 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is written

    One of the more famous writings by Louisa May Alcott is written