ENG 231 List of Authors

Bartolomé de las Casas

Period: Jun 1, 1484 to Jul 18, 1566

Bartolomé de las Casas Wiki

Cabeza de Vaca

Period: Jun 1, 1488 to Jun 1, 1558

Cabeza de Vaca Wiki

Christopher Columbus discovered the New World

Oct 12, 1492

Christopher Columbus Wiki

Casas published "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies"

Jun 1, 1542

A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Wiki

Cabeza de Vaca writings

Jun 1, 1542

John Winthrop

Period: Jan 12, 1588 to Mar 26, 1649

Born in Edwardstone, Suffolk, England John Winthrop Wiki

Roger Williams

Period: Dec 21, 1603 to Apr 1, 1683

Roger Williams Wiki

Anne Bradstreet

Period: Jun 1, 1612 to Sep 16, 1672

Anne Bradstreet Wiki

John Winthrop wrote "A Model of Christian Charity"

Jun 1, 1630

A Model of Christian Charity

Mary Rowlandson

Period: Jun 1, 1637 to Jun 1, 1711

Mary Rowlandson Wiki

Edward Taylor

Period: Jun 1, 1642 to Jun 29, 1729

Edward Taylor Wiki

Roger Williams published "A Key into the Language of America"

Jun 1, 1643

A Key Into the Language of America Wiki

Anne Bradstreet published "The Prologue"

Jun 1, 1650

The Prologue

Roger Williams published "A Letter to the Town of Providence"

Jun 1, 1655

A Letter to the Town of Providence

Cotton Mather

Period: Feb 12, 1663 to Feb 13, 1728

Born in Boston, Massachusetts Cotton Mather Wiki

Mary Rowlandson wrote "A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson"

Feb 10, 1675

The Narrative of the Captivity and the Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

Anne Bradstreet published "Before the Birth of One of Her Children"

Jun 1, 1678

Before the Birth of One of Her Children

Edward Taylor published "Huswifery"

Jun 1, 1682

Huswifery

Cotton Mathers wrote "The Wonders of the Invisible World"

Jun 1, 1692

The Wonders of the Invisible World

Johnathan Edwards

Period: Oct 5, 1703 to Mar 22, 1758

Jonathan Edwards Wiki

Benjamin Franklin

Period: Jan 17, 1706 to Apr 17, 1790

Benjamin Franklin Wiki

John Adams

Period: Oct 30, 1735 to Jul 4, 1826

Born in Braintree Massachusetts Bay John Adam's Wiki

Jonathan Edwards preached "Sinners in the Hands of an AngryGod"

Jul 8, 1741

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Abigail Adams

Period: Nov 11, 1744 to Oct 28, 1818

Born in Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay Abigail Adam's Wiki

Phillis Wheatley

Period: Jun 1, 1753 to Dec 5, 1784

Born in Gambia, Senegal Wheatley's Wiki

John and Abigail Adams exchanged 1,100 letters

Period: Jun 1, 1762 to Jun 1, 1801

The Massachusetts Historical Society

Phillis Wheatley wrote "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty"

Jun 1, 1768

Phillis Wheatley wrote "On Being Brought from Africa to America"

Jun 1, 1770

Revolutionary War begins

Apr 19, 1775

Wiki

US adopted The Declaration of Independance

Jul 4, 1776

Wiki

Phillis Wheatley wrote to George Washington

Oct 26, 1776

George Washington replies to Phillis Wheatley

Dec 20, 1776

Franklin published "Remarks concerning the Savages of North America"

Jun 1, 1782

Remarks concerning the Savages of North America

Washington Irving

Period: Apr 3, 1783 to Nov 28, 1859

Born in New York City, NY Washington Irving Wiki

Revolutionary War ends

Sep 3, 1783

Wiki

James Fenimore Cooper

Period: Sep 15, 1789 to Sep 14, 1851

Fenimore's Wiki

John Adams becomes 2nd President of the US

Mar 4, 1797

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Period: Jul 4, 1804 to May 19, 1864

Born in Salem, Massachusetts Nathaniel Hawthorne Wiki

Edgar Allan Poe

Period: Jan 19, 1809 to Oct 7, 1849

Born in Boston, Massachusetts Edgar Allan Poe's Wiki

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Period: Jun 14, 1811 to Jul 1, 1896

Born in Litchfield, Connecticut Stowe's Wiki

Fanny Fern

Period: Jul 9, 1811 to Oct 10, 1872

Born in Portland, Maine Fanny Fern Wiki

Harriet Ann Jacobs

Period: Feb 11, 1813 to Mar 7, 1897

Born in Edenton, North Carolina Jacobs' Wiki

Frederick Douglass

Period: Feb 1, 1818 to Feb 20, 1895

Born in Talbot County, Maryland Douglass' Wiki

Washington Irving published "Rip Van Winkle"

Jun 1, 1819

Rip Van Winkle Wiki

Herman Melville

Period: Aug 1, 1819 to Sep 28, 1891

Born in New York City, New York Melville Wiki

Fenimore published "The Pioneers'

Jun 1, 1823

The Pioneers Wiki

Fenimore published "The Last of the Mohicans"

Jun 1, 1826

The Last of the Mohicans Wiki

Iroquois Creation Stories published

Jun 1, 1827

The Creation Story - Iroquois

Emily Dickenson

Period: Dec 10, 1830 to May 15, 1886

Born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Dickinson's Wiki

Hawthorne Published "Young Goodman Brown"

Jun 1, 1835

Young Goodman Brown Wiki

Hawthorne published "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"

Jun 1, 1837

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment Wiki

Poe published "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Sep 1, 1839

The Fall of the House of Usher Wiki

Poe published "The Masque of the Red Death"

May 1, 1842

The Masque of the Red Death Wiki

Poe published "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Jan 1, 1843

The Tell-Tale Heart Wiki

Hawthorne published "The Birth-Mark"

Jun 1, 1843

The Birth-Mark Wiki

Poe published "The Pit and the Pendulum"

Jun 1, 1843

The Pit and the Pendulum Wiki

Hawthorne published "Rappaccini's Daughter"

Jun 1, 1844

Rappaccini's Daughter Wiki

Melville published "Moby Dick"

Jun 1, 1851

Moby Dick Wiki

Fanny Fern published first article, "The Governess", in the Boston paper

Nov 1, 1851

Emily Dickenson's "A Valentine" is published

Feb 20, 1852

First known publication of Dickinson's poems

Harriet Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin

Jun 1, 1852

Wiki

Frederick Douglass published "My Bondage and My Freedom"

Jun 1, 1852

My Bondage and My Freedom Wiki

Frederick Douglass published "What to the SLave is the Fourth of July"

Jun 1, 1852

Fanny Fern published "Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio"

Jun 1, 1853

Fanny published a Children's book called "Little Ferns for Fanny's Little Friends"

Jun 1, 1853

Melville published "Bartleby, the Scrivener"

Nov 1, 1853

Bartleby, the Scrivener Wiki

US Civil War begins

Apr 12, 1861

US Civil War Wiki

Emily Dickinson published 249

Jun 1, 1861

Wild Nights! Wild Nights!

Harriet Jacobs published "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"

Jun 1, 1861

Wiki

Emily Dickinson's published 479

Jun 1, 1862

479 - Because I could not stop for Death

Emily Dickinson published 591

Jun 1, 1863

I heard a Fly buzz

Hawthorne published "The Minister's Black Veil"

Jun 1, 1863

The Minister's Black Veil Wiki

US Civil War ends

Apr 9, 1865

US Civil War Wiki

Emily Dickinson published 986

Jun 1, 1865

A narrow Fellow in the Grass

Anne Bradstreet published "To My Dear Children"

Jun 1, 1867

To My Dear Children

Fanny Fern published "Ginger-Snaps"

Jun 1, 1870

Emily Dickinson published 1732

Jun 1, 1885

My Life closed twice before it's close