Literature Chapter 13.

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Literature Chapter 13

I. The Colonial and Revolutionary Periods (1607-1790) The Colonial Period (1607-1775) Why 1607 and 1775? Characteristics of this period: Predestination Original sin Depravity Atonement and salvation Symbolic writers: Jonathan Edwards Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Born: January 17, 1706,Boston Died: April 17, 1790 (aged 84), Philadelphia Political party: None Profession: Scientist; Writer; Politician

The Revolutionary Period (1765-1790) Representative: Thomas Jefferson The Declaration of Independence

II. The Romantic Period (1790-1865) Free expression of emotions; celebrating America’s landscape; exalting the individual and the common man Washington Irving James Fennimore Cooper Nathaniel Hawthorne Edgar Allan Poe Herman Melville Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson Characteristics of this period: Symbolic writers:

Washington Irving Born: April 3, 1783; New York City Died: November 28, 1859 (aged 76) Occupation: Short story writer, essayist, biographer, magazine editor, diplomat Best known as: father of American Literature

James Fennimore Cooper Born: September 15, 1789 Died: September 14, 1851 (aged 61) Occupation: Novelist Notable work: The Last of the Mohicans

Nathaniel Hawthorne Born: July 4, 1804 Died: May 19, 1864 (aged 59) Occupation: Novelist, Short story writer Notable work: The Scarlet Letter

Edgar Allan Poe Born: January 19, 1809 Died: October 7, 1849 (aged 40) Occupation: Poet, short-story writer, editor, literary critic Genres: Horror fiction, crime fiction, detective fiction

Herman Melville Born: August 1, 1819 Died: September 28, 1891 (aged 72) Occupation: novelist, short story writer, teacher, sailor, lecturer, poet

Poetry Characteristics of this period: Symbolic writers: Explores and extols the emerging America and finds a poetic voice for its Americanness Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson

Walt Whitman Born: 31 May 1819 Birthplace: Long Island, New York Died: 26 March 1892 Best Known As: The poet who wrote Leaves of Grass

Emily Dickinson Born: 10 December 1830 Birthplace: Amherst, Massachusetts Died: 15 May 1886 Best Known As: The poet called "The Belle of Amherst"

III. The Realistic Period (1865-1900) Characteristics of this period: Symbolic writers: Stress truthful treatment of material; express concern for the world of experience, for the commonplace, for the familiar and the low. Mark Twain

Mark Twain Born: November 30, 1835 Died: April 21, 1910 (aged 74) Pen name: Mark Twain Occupation: Writer, lecturer Notable works: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

IV. The Naturalistic Period (1900-1914) Characteristics of this period Symbolic writer Applies the principles of scientific determinism; views human beings as animals in a natural world responding to environmental forces and internal stresses and drives Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser Born: August 27, 1871 Died: December 28, 1945 (aged 74) Occupation: novelist Notable works: Sister Carrie

V. The Modern Period (1914-1939) Characteristics Writers The Lost Generation F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway

Earnest Hemingway Born: July 21, 1899 Died: July 2, 1961 (aged 61) Occupation: Author, Novelist, Journalist Notable award(s): Nobel Prize in Literature 1954; Pulitzer Prize for Fiction – 1953

VI. The Contemporary Period (1939- ) The Beat Generation Drama

Eugene O’Neill Born: October 16, 1888 Died: November 27, 1953 (aged 65) Occupation: Playwright Notable award: Nobel Prize in Literature (1936)

Arthur Miller Born: October 17, 1915 Died: February 10, 2005 (aged 89) Occupation: Playwright, Essayist Spouses: Mary Slattery (1940-1956) Marilyn Monroe (1956-1961) Inge Morath (1962-2002)