american literary timeline Flashcards
1
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historical, practical, or religious in nature
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colonial period
2
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richest period of political writing
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revolutionary age
3
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first american play + by who
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the prince of parthia by thomas godfrey
4
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first american novel + by who
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the power of sympathy by willian brown hill
5
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age of “first” works
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early national period
6
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- aka “the romantic period” and “the age of transcendentalism”
- most significant period
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american renaissance
7
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- ideas and self-awareness changed
- international copyright act
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realistic period
8
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- birth of contemporary attitude & writing
- virtual birth of modern american poetry
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naturalist period
9
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- second most influential
- WW1 and the disillusionment that followed
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modern / modernist period
10
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- rise in confessional poetry and prose, and sexuality
- broad and varied
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contemporary period
10
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name all the 8 american literary periods in order
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colonial period
revolutionary age
early national period
american renaissance
realistic period
naturalist period
modern / modernist period
contemporary period
11
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- overlapping period
- anti-traditional literature
- anti- establisment politics
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beat generation
