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Modern Texts and Contexts: A Literary Timeline

  • "London" by William Blake

    "London" by William Blake
  • "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads" by William Wordsworth

    "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads" by William Wordsworth
  • "London, 1802" by William Wordsworth

    "London, 1802" by William Wordsworth
  • "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen

    Austen never became famous for her writing during her lifetime and this novel was published posthumosly a few months after she passed away.
  • "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

    "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
    The first edition was published anonymously in London.
  • "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley

    "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats

    "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats
  • "The Poet" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    "The Poet" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave" by Frederick Douglass

    "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave" by Frederick Douglass
  • "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte

    "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
    The novel was initially published under the pen name "Currer Bell."
  • "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman

    "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman
  • Poems by Emily Dickinson

    Poems by Emily Dickinson
    DIckinson's work was first published in a collection by an acquaintance posthumosly in 1890.
  • "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde

    "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde
    As a play, it was first premiered in the St. James theatre in London.
  • "In Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound

    "In Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound
  • "Sea Rose" by H.D.

    "Sea Rose" by H.D.
  • "Preface to Some Imagist Poets" by Amy Lowell

    "Preface to Some Imagist Poets" by Amy Lowell
  • "Ulysses" by James Joyce

    "Ulysses" by James Joyce
  • "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown" by Virginia Woolf

    "Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown" by Virginia Woolf
  • "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys

    "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys
  • "On the Abolition of the English Department"

    "On the Abolition of the English Department"
  • "Toward an Aesthetic of Reception" by Hans Robert Jauss

    "Toward an Aesthetic of Reception" by Hans Robert Jauss
  • "Narration and Representation in the Language of Fiction" by Ann Banfield

    "Narration and Representation in the Language of Fiction" by Ann Banfield
  • "Performative Acts and Gender Constitution" by Judith Butler

    "Performative Acts and Gender Constitution" by Judith Butler
  • "Gifts" by Nuruddin Farah

    "Gifts" by Nuruddin Farah
    "Gifts" was the most obscure and the information was harder to find. Unlike the other works is not widely recognized as a classic, yet.
  • "Poetry in an Age of Revolution" by P.M.S. Dawson

    "Poetry in an Age of Revolution" by P.M.S. Dawson
    It was pretty difficult to find the publishing date and they seemed to differentiate between an online and first publication date.
  • "A Semiprivate Room" by Ellen Rooney

    "A Semiprivate Room" by Ellen Rooney
    A litle unsure on this date, it was difficult to nail down for sure.
  • "A Theory of Adaption" by Linda Hutcheon

    "A Theory of Adaption" by Linda Hutcheon
  • "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel

    "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel
  • "Modernism" by Peter Childs

    "Modernism" by Peter Childs
  • Introduction to "Uses of Literature" by Rita Felski

    Introduction to "Uses of Literature" by Rita Felski