Transatlantic Literary History

American Colonial / Puritan Writing Period

Period: Jan 1, 1607 to Dec 31, 1776

Guide Authors: John Winthrop and Benjamin Franklin

First English Settlement at Jamestown

May 24, 1607

Publication of the King James Version of the Bible

Jan 1, 1611

First English Settlement at Plymouth

Jan 1, 1620

Puritans arrive at Massachusetts Bay

Jan 1, 1630

Anne Bradstreet: The Tenth Muse

Dec 11, 1650

Edward Kimber publishes Mr. Anderson

Dec 11, 1754

American War of Independence

Period: Apr 18, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

British Romantic Period

Period: Jan 1, 1785 to Dec 31, 1832

French Revolution Begins

Jan 1, 1789

Lyrical Ballads: Wordsworth and Coleridge

Jan 1, 1798

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Preface to Lyrical Ballads

Jan 1, 1800

American Romantic Period

Period: Jan 1, 1820 to Dec 31, 1860

Victorian Period

Period: Jan 1, 1832 to Dec 31, 1901

Modernist Era: British and American

Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Dec 31, 1945