Eli Nate Sydney American Literature

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  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Puritanism

    People were coming over from Europe to the new world for the first time, so they were writting with very strong view points on religion. For some settlers, it was the main reason for exploration to the New World which would lead to conclude that it would be something written about often during the time.

  • To My Dear and Loving Husband

    Author: Anne Bradstreet

  • Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

    Author: Jonathan Edwards
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    Rationalism

    During this time period, many people were writting on the topics of governmental issues. There was a stuggle between the colonies and Great Britian going on over the freedom that the colonies were trying to obtain, resulting in very important historical pieces of writting to be published.

  • Speech to Virginia

    Presented by: Patrick Henry

  • Declaraton of Independence

    Author: Thomas Jefferson

  • The American Crisis

    Author: Thomas Paine

  • Speech in the Convention

    Given by: Benjamin Franklin
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    Romanticism

    There were two sides or writting during this time period, the light and dark. America was developing tremendously because of the Industrial Revolution at this time, so that led to many different forms of writing to sprout throughout the country.
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    Realism

    1800's-20th century, Authors during this time period included Stephen Crane, Mark Twain,Jack London, and Emily Dickinson. A time of inordinary situations,against romanticism, authors mainly wrote about ordinary characters, and main focus was relationships with society.

  • The Devil and Tom Walker

    Author: Washington Irving

  • Nature (Essay)

    Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • The Raven

    Author: Edgar Allen Poe

  • The Scarlet Letter

    Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Moby Dick

    Author: Herman Melville

  • Walden

    Author: Henry David Thoreau

  • Leaves of Grass

    Author: Walt Whitman

  • The Tides Rises, The Tide Falls

    Author: Henry Wadworth Longfellow
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    Naturalism

    Naturalism was encouraged by many authors such as Stephen Crane, Jack London, and John Steinbeck. It was a time of "survival of the fittest" and themes such as harsh reality of war, degration of humanity, social rebellion, betrayal, and guilt.

  • Poetry collection

    Author: Emily Dickinson
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    Modernism

  • The Road Not Taken

    By Robert Frost
  • Period: to

    The Harlem Renaissance

  • The Wasteland

    By T.S Elliot

  • The Great Gatsby

    By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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    Regionalism

    Encouraged by authors such as Wila Cather and William Faulkner , wrote about specific geographical areas , known as the "local color movement" .

  • As I Lay Dying

    By William Faulkner

  • Their Eyes were Watching God

    By Zora Neale Hurtston

  • The Grapes of Wrath

    By John Steinbeck

  • Native Son

    By Richard Wright

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls

    By Ernest Hemingway

  • A Worn Path

    By Eudora Welty

  • I, Too

    By Langston Hughes
  • Period: to

    Post Modernism

  • Catcher in the Rye

    By J.D Salinger

  • Invisible Man

    By Ralph Ellison

  • The Crucible

    Arthur Miller

  • A Good Man is Hard to Find

    Flannery O' Conner

  • Old Age Sticks

    Written by E.E Cummings

  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    By Harper Lee

  • Beloved

    Toni Morrison

  • October 5 1895, The Red Badge Of Courage

    by Stephen Crane

  • 6 December 1884 ,The Adventure Of Huckleberry Finn

  • 18 July 1903, Call Of The WIld

  • 7 September 1924, Poetry Collection

  • 18 July 1903 ,Call Of The Wild

  • 14 April 1939, The Grapes Of Wrath

  • 2 February 1904, A Wagner Matinee

    Wila Cather

  • 6 October 1930, As I Lay Dying

    William Faulkner