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Harriet Beecher Stowe is Born
Harriet Beecher Stowe is born on June 14th, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut. -
Mark Twain is Born
Mark Twain was born on November 30th, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. His real name was Samuel Clemens. -
Bret Harte is Born
Bret Harte is born on August 15th, 1836 in Albany, New York. His real name was Francis Brett Harte. -
George Washington Cable is Born
George Washington Cable is born on October 12th, 1844 in New Orleans, Louisiana. -
Kate Chopin is Born
Kate Chopin was born on February 8th, 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her original name was Catherine O'Flaherty. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is Published
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1851. It depicted life in the south, specifically the lives of slaves in the south. It showed the north the horrors of southern slavery and was a partial cause of the Civil War. -
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The Civil War
This massive war changed the United States, especially the south. The south moved out of the classy, plantation style homes, and into a more modern and industrial economy. This change in culture sparked a lot of unrest between people who wanted to stay with the old ways of the south, and those that were open to change. -
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Reconstruction
Reconstruction was the process of rebuilding the South that occurred right after the Civil War ended. The South was becoming more industrialized, urbanized, and more people were coming down south. With the increasing move toward urbanization and industrialization following the war and the diminishing of regional differences, it is not surprising that there was a developing nostalgia for remaining regional differences. -
The Luck of Roaring Camp is Published
The Luck of Roaring Camp is a short story published by Bret Harte in 1868. It depicted the culture of the gold mining settlements in California. -
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Regionalism Era
This era was defined by works that depict a specific area of the United States' vernacular. They are usually set in the postbellum age. The majority of regionalist works include a conflict between new values and old values, and this conflict is usually symbolized by an outsider to the region. -
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The Second Industrial Revolution
It changed the economy of the south and brought a more diverse set of people to the south looking for work. The new comers were going to change the south, and there were still people in the south that wanted to keep everything the way it was before the Civil War. -
Willa Cather is Born
Willa Cather is born on December 7th, 1873 in Back Creek Valley, Virginia. -
Ole Creole Days is Published
Ole Creole Days is published by George Washington Cable in 1879. It depicts life in creole New Orleans and brought realism to southern literature. -
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Twain's most famous novel, and depicts the culture of Mississippi. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe Dies
Harriet Beecher Stowe dies on July 1, 1896 in Hartford, Connecticut at the age of 85. -
The Awakening is Published
The Awakening is published in 1899 by Kate Chopin. It is a feminist novel depicting Creole culture in New Orleans. -
Bret Harte Dies
Bret Harte dies on May 5th, 1902 in London, England at the age of 66. -
Kate Chopin Dies
Kate Chopin dies on August 22nd, 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 54. -
Mark Twain Dies
Mark Twain dies on April 21st, 1910 at the age of 74 in Redding Connecticut. -
O Pioneers! is Published
O Pioneers is published in 1913 by Willa Cather. It is apart of her Great Plains Trilogy and depicts life in the prairies of the USA. -
George Washington Cable Dies
George Washington Cable dies on January 31st, 1925 in St. Petersburg, Florida at the age of 81. -
Willa Cather Dies
Willa Cather dies on April 24th, 1947 in Manhattan, New York at the age of 73.
