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-believed in modesty, working hard, and religious devotion
-wrote diaries, sermons, poems, histories, and journals
-themes: idealism and pragmaticism
-writings were strongly influenced by puritan ideals and values -
A poem by Anne Bradstreet
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A sermon by Jonathan Edwards
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-believed people were able to perfect themselves through good works and self effort
-reason and logic became more important than religion
-emphasis on self-knowledge and self-control
-freedom from restrictive laws -
Famous speech given by Patrick Henry, ending with "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
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written by Thomas Jefferson
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Pamphlet series by Thomas Paine
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Speech written by Benjamin Franklin, given to the Constitutional Convention prior to signing The Constitution.
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-focused on fancy, imagination, emotion, nature, individuality, and exotica
-concerned with the individual more than with society
-two faces: one bright and optimistic, and one dark and evil -
An essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published anonymously.
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Naturalism is a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail.
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A short narrative by Edgar Allan Poe
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Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Regionalism is where authors write about specific geographical areas. Some authors wrote about the distinct culture of an area that included its speech, customs, beliefs, and history.
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The book by Henry David Thoreau.
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Realism is the presentation in art of the details of actual life. Realists did not like Romanticism, rejectong heroic, adventurous, unusual and unfamiliar subjects because they tried to write truthfully and objectively about ordinary characters in ordinary situations.
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The Adv. of Huck Finn, novel
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The Red Badge of Courage, novel, war
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The Awakening, novel, heavily influenced by the local color genre
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Call of The Wild, novel, adventure story
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A Wagner Matinee
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The Harlem Renaissance being at the same time as Modernism is about the African American expierience (sounds and emotions) of the new urban life and talked about civil rights and movements.
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Authors wrote about a majority of different themes in this period but focused mainly on disillusionment and how the American Dream died with the war from the extensive deaths occured.
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As I Lay Dying, novel, heroic narative, comedy, tradegy
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A Worn Path, short story
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This period was also called the "Silent Generation" because the war was over so everyone wanted a calm and quiet living. All the themes were new modern technological themes.
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To Kill A Mockingbird, novel, drama
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