1. Puritan 1564-1660 Revolutionary 1700-1800 Romanticism 1800-1900 Transcendentalism 1825-1900 American Gothic 1824-1900 Civil War/Realism 1850-1910 Jazz Era 1915-1930 Harlem Renaissance 1915-1950 World War One, Industrialism, and Modernism 1910-1920 World War Two, the Great Depression, and the Dust Bowl 1930-1950 Civil Rights Movement 1955-1980 Cold War/ McCarthyism 1950-1990 Contemporary Era 1980-present American Literature Timeline Neha Jewalikar- Puritan, Revolutionary, World Wars One and Two. Annisa Hadi- Jazz Era, Harlem Rennaisance, Cold War, Civil Rights, and Contemporary. Emelie Sundin- Romanticism, Transcendentalism, American Gothic, Civil War, and the Timeline Layout, Links, and Design
2. 1620 Of Plymouth Plantation William Bradford Revolutionary 1776 Common Sense Thomas Paine 1776 The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson Main Menu
3. Romanticism Transcendentalism 1838 A Psalm of Life Henry Wordsworth Longfellow 1807-1882 Henry Wordsworth Longfellow 1824 The Devil and Tom Walker Washington Irving American Gothic 1804-1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne 1809-1849 Edgar Allen Poe 1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beacher Stowe 1863 Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain Main Menu
4. Jazz Era Harlem Renaissance 1924 The Great Gatsby Francis Scott Fitzgerald 1926 The Weary Blues Langston Hughes 1921 Alice Adams Booth Tarkington 1937 Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurtson Main Menu
5. Modernism Industrialism World War One The Great Depression The Dust Bowl World War Two 1939 Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Main Menu
6. Civil Rights Movement Cold War/McCarthyism Contemporary Era 1965 Soul on Ice Eldridge Cleaver 1961 Winter of Discontent John Steinbeck 1952 Invisible Man Ralph Ellison 1953 The Crucible Arthur Miller 1987 Beloved Toni Morrison 1980 The Shawl Cynthia Ozick Main Menu
