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The history of American literature can be divided into several distinct periods. Each has its own unique characteristics, notable authors, and representative works.
This article traces the history of American poetry, drama, fiction, and social and literary criticism from the early 17th century through the turn of the 21st century. For a description of the oral and written literatures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, see Native American literature.
A brief guide to American literary periods, including the Colonial, Renaissance, Beat, and Contemporary, along with examples.
Writing from 1914 to 1945. Important movements in drama, poetry, fiction, and criticism took shape in the years before, during, and after World War I. The eventful period that followed the war left its imprint upon books of all kinds.
In the post-war period, Thomas Jefferson established his place in American literature through his authorship of the Declaration of Independence, his influence on the U.S. Constitution, his autobiography, his Notes on the State of Virginia, and his many letters.
American Literature timeline. 1674. Sewall begins his diary. Samuel Sewall begins a diary of daily life in Boston, Massachusetts, that will span a period of more than fifty years. Samuel Edmund Sewall. 1700.
Here are some of the most commonly agreed upon periods of American literature from the colonial period to the present. The Colonial Period (1607–1775) This period encompasses the founding of Jamestown up to a decade before the Revolutionary War.
There are over 2,000 biographical profiles of important American authors (with information regarding their styles, subjects, and major works) and influential foreign writers as well as other figures who have been important in the nation's social and cultural history.
The First Americans: American Literature During the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods 1. Imagining Eden 1 Writing of the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods 1. Inventing Americas: The Making of American Literature 1800–1865 47.
American literature have made their own systems of period division”: Colonial Period, 1607-1765 . Revolutionary and Early National Period, 1765-1830 . Romantic Period, 1830-1865 . Realistic Period, 1865 -1900 . Naturalistic and Symbolistic Period, 1900-1930 . Period of Conformity and Criticism, 1930-1960 . Period of the Confessional Self, 1960-
The Cambridge History of American Modernism examines one of the most innovative periods of American literary history. It offers a comprehensive account of the forms, genres, and media that characterized US modernism: coverage ranges from the traditional, such as short stories, novels, and poetry, to the new media that shaped the period's ...
The United States may be a relatively young country by global standards, but American literary history stretches back centuries. Let’s take a dive into the history of the main American literary movements and what they say about the characteristics of American literature.
1939 marked the beginning of the Contemporary Period of American Literature. This period includes an abundance of important American literary figures spanning from World War II into the New Millennium.
This history of American literature begins with the arrival of English-speaking Europeans in what would become the United States. At first American literature was naturally a colonial literature, by authors who were Englishmen and who thought and wrote as such.
This timeline provides a short chronology of events in American history and literature. It is linked to course pages and bibliographies as well as to a set of more general linked resources: pages on American authors, literary movements, and American literature sites.
Major periods in American literature include Native American, Colonial, Enlightenment, Revolutionary, Gothic, Romantic, Transcendentalist, Realist, Naturalist, Modernist, Postmodernist, and...
Read the classics-but what are they? Here find annotated reading lists of most treasured English and American literature from different eras.
American literature - Colonial, Revolution, Enlightenment: In America in the early years of the 18th century, some writers, such as Cotton Mather, carried on the older traditions. His huge history and biography of Puritan New England, Magnalia Christi Americana, in 1702, and his vigorous Manuductio ad Ministerium, or introduction to the ...
The presentation on this page is an easy to follow timeline that walks a reader or student through the great authors and events in American Literature, providing a historical context and overview.
American literature periods have changed and evolved in step with the technology available, events of the time period, and story-tellers themselves. Here, Storyboard That offers a literary movements timeline of American literature, starting from the Native American era through to the present day.
Early 19th-century literature. After the American Revolution, and increasingly after the War of 1812, American writers were exhorted to produce a literature that was truly native. As if in response, four authors of very respectable stature appeared.
Contemporary American literature since 1945 has traversed a diverse and dynamic terrain, reflecting the ever-evolving complexities of American society and culture. From the aftermath of World War II to the present day, American writers have grappled with a multitude of themes, movements, and social issues, shaping the literary landscape and ...
American literature is often divided into six major periods: Pre-colonization; The Colonial and Early National period (17th century to 1830) The Romantic period (1830 to 1870) Realism and Naturalism (1870 to 1910) The Modernist period (1910 to 1945) The Contemporary period (1945 to present)