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American Literature since 1865
Significant literary and historical events since 1865
Compiled by Brady Duke
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Brady Duke
⟶ Обновлено 8 авг 2018 ⟶
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Emily Dickinson Dies
Walt Whitman Dies
Civil War Ends
Arthur Miller Born
Arthur Miller Dies
Arthur Miller's The Crucible first performed
Cold War Starts
Cold War Ends
World War 1 Starts
World War 1 Ends
F. Scott Fitzgerald Born
F. Scott Fitzgerald Dies
Robert Frost Dies
Harper Lee Born
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is published Despite the gaining momentum of the Civil Rights movement, Black people faced constant prejudice in the U.S. south. Harper Lee, with To Kill a Mockingbird, showed the de facto racism which permeated all aspects of life for southern Blacks. Furthermore, it portrayed the lack of protections under the law that Blacks faced. Because it resonated across cultural lines, it was an instant classic which is still taught in classrooms today.
John Steinbeck born
John Steinbeck Dies
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath is published
Ernest Hemigway Born
Ernest Hemingway Dies
J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye is published
Black Tuesday marks the start of the Great Depression
Korean War Starts
Korean War Ends
Plessy v. Ferguson
13th Amendment Ratified
14th Amendment Ratified
15th Amendment Ratified
Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games is published With the growing popularity of reality television, Collins noticed U.S. citizens becoming increasingly voyeuristic. Nevertheless, this attitude permeated all aspects of life, causing desensitization to real tragedy, such as war. With The Hunger Games, Collins challenged the ethics of reality television as well as society's morals. The Hunger Games forced society to confront their normalization of suffering as a sort of call to action for change.
Suzanne Collins' Catching Fire is published
Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay is published
Martin Luther King Jr. is killed
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is published
Fredrick Douglass' The Life and Times of Fredrick Douglass is published Raised as a slave, Douglass became a major participant in the abolitionist movement upon gaining his freedom. In The Life and Times of Fredrick Douglass, he recounted years of abuse; his escape to the North and his eventual freedom. With this publication, he questioned the true nature of freedom in a land of independence. This publication, furthermore, serves as one of few narratives actually written by a slave.
Mark Twain's The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn is published
The Titanic sinks
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is published Trying to advance socialism in the United States, Sinclair hoped to uncover the harsh lives of immigrants in U.S. cities. Sinclair published The Jungle after working for weeks in meatpacking plants in Chicago. Despite his efforts to highlight the realities of the working-class, the public ultimately called for reforms to the meatpacking industry. Although Sinclair's ultimate goal to advance socialism was never achieved, he earned the title of muckraker.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is published Inspired by parties be attended, Fitzgerald used The Great Gatsby to critique the American Dream. Published during the 20s, a time of vast extravagance, Fitzgerald reminded society that money does not ensure happiness. While early publication proved to be unfruitful, The Great Gatsby has gone on to be considered a classic American novel. Due to its timeless themes, The Great Gatsby is still widely relevant to contemporary society and life.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail is written
The mass suicide at the People's Temple Agricultural Project
World War 2 Starts
World War 2 Ends
The Attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese brings the U.S. into World War 2
Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published
Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed into law
Terriosts attack the World Trade Center in New York City
The Wright Brothers successfully test the first steerable aircraft
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is published As the Vietnam War continued without end, public sentiments against the war grew stronger. Noticing misconceptions of returning soldiers by citizens, O'Brien wished to rationalize the experiences of veterans. Through The Things They carried, O'Brien attempted to explain the alienation war veterans faced upon returning home. While his portrayals of war did not resonate with everyone, it allowed the public to understand the soldiers' sentiments.
Vietnam War Starts
Vietnam War Ends
President Kennedy is Assassinated
NASA is formed
Alice Walker's The Color Purple is published Tackling difficult realities of life, Alice Walker wished to highlight social problems no one wished to address. Alice Walker, with The Color Purple, focused on issues prevalent in society during the 80s, such as homosexuality. Furthermore, breaking a cultural silence on these issues, she challenged the respectability politics of the 80s. In 1983, The Color Purple received the Pulitzer Prize despite the controversy surrounding the content.
Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club is published
Clara Barton founds the American Red Cross
Prohibiton goes into effect with the passing of the Volstead Act
Barack Obama becomes the first African American president of the U.S.
The Internet becomes available to the general public
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women in published
Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is published
Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie is published Challenging the Victorian morals of the 19th century, Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie showed the extremes to which people are willing to go to achieve the American dream. going against social norms of the time, Carrie partook in sexual relations without consequence. Furthermore, Sister Carrie painted American cities in a negative light, showing a lack of innocence. Despite the controversy, Sister Carrie is considered the greatest of all American urban novels.
Jack London's The Iron Heel is published
Gertrude Stein's Three Lives is published
F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise is published
John Steinbeck's East of Eden is published
Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five is published
Joseph Heller's Catch-22 is published
Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises is published
Jack Kerouac's On the Road is published
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man is published
Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is published
Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex is published With the growing acceptance of homosexuality throughout the 21st century, Eugenides' Middlesex sought to explain gender identity, a topic that remained commonly misunderstood. Middlesex told the struggles hermaphrodites experience as they grow up coming to terms their gender identity. While it did not specifically focus on transgenderism, its message resonated with the LGBT community. Due to impact on the LGBT community, Eugenides won the Pulitzer Prize.
Cormac McCarthy's The Road is published
Richard Wright's Native Son is published
Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God is published
Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar is published
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned is published
Don DeLillo's Underworld is published
Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead is published
Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady is published
Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome is published
Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye is published
Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 is published
Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio is published
Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi is published
Frank Norris' McTeague is published
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' The Silent Partner is published
Harold Frederic's The Damnation of Theron Ware is published
Robert Frost Born
Robert Frost's A Boy's Will is published
Robert Frost's North of Boston is published
Langston Hughes born
Langston Hughes dies
Allen Ginsberg born
Allen Ginsberg dies
Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is published
Gwendolyn Brooks born
Gwendolyn Brooks dies
Gwendolyn Brooks' A Street in Bronzeville is published
Robert Lowell Born
Robert Lowell dies
Richard Bach's Johnathan Livingston Seagull is published
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's All the President's Men is published
Peter Benchley's Jaws is published
Alex Haley's Roots: The Saga of an American Family is published
David Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest is published
Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is published
Stephen King's It is published
Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs is published
Veronica Roth's Divergent is published
Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October is publoished
Toni Morrison's Beloved is published
Lois Lowry's Number the Stars is published
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity is published
Louis Sachar's Holes is published
Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park is published
John Krakauer's Into the Wild is published
Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho is published
Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 is published Ray Bradbury published Fahrenheit 451 as a forewarning for society's growing affinity for radio and television. While Bradbury never intended to reflect on censorship, undoubtedly Fahrenheit 451 addressed growing concerns regarding conformity and the death of free thought. Fahrenheit 451 forced readers to think upon the value of free speech. Today, Bradbury's concerns are more relevant, as the speed of daily life and resignation to the status quo has increased.
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is published Noticing a lack of social and economic support for the lower-class, Steinbeck questioned the authenticity of the American Dream. Of Mice and Men showed the impossibility of attaining wealth for the working class. He argued that America provides little opportunity to better oneself; one is stuck where they are born. The brokenness of the American dream continued to influence his work, with the publication of Steinbeck's renowned novel The Grapes of Wrath.
Emily Dickinson's Poem 1577 is published
Lloyd C Douglas' The Robe is published
Henry James' The American Scene is published
Jack London's White Fang is published
Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth is published
Robert Herrick's The Common Lot is published
Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind is published
William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is published
Sinclair Lewis' Ann Vickers is published
Bret Harte's The Tale of the Argonauts is published
Henry James' The American is published
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall's The Mutiny on the Bounty is published
Jeam Toomer's Cane is publsihed
Henry James' The Aspern Papers is published
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's A Humble Romance is published
Grace Elizabeth King's Tales of a Time and Place
John Grisham Jr.'s The Pelican Brief is published
Anne Rice's Lasher is published
Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt is published Criticizing U.S. citizens' lifestyles during the Great Depression, Lewis wrote Babbitt to satirize American culture's emphasis on conformity. Babbitt idealized societal rebels who go against cultural expectations while mocking average, middle-class citizens. Nevertheless, Babbitt was met with controversy, as many people saw business as a means for stability and for fighting communism. However, the contention surrounding Babbitt won Lewis the Nobel Prize for literature.
Stephen King's Carrie is published Marking a new era of horror literature, Stephen King's Carrie is his first published novel. Presenting an extreme, Carrie talked of the emotional trauma adolescents inflict and exhibit on a day to day basis, a widely overlooked topic. Carrie forced society to examine the state of American classrooms as well as the lack of inaction from faculty regarding bullying. Furthermore, the development of social media only exacerbated King's message, making it more relevant today.
Lucretia P. Hale's The Peterkin Papers is published
Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes is published
L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is published
Jacob Rii's How the Other Half Lives is published Noticing ignorance among the middle and upper class society, Riis wished to highlight the dangerous living conditions in tenements. Riis published How the Other Half Lives after lecturing and taking photos of the dwellings of the lower class. After publication, How the Other Half Lives sparked reform to improve the conditions of working-class housing. Furthermore, Riis' work served as a basis for future muckrakers wishing to incite change.
Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl is published
Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are is published
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is published
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Society and Solitude is published During the mid 19th century, Emerson led the transcendentalist movement stressing the needs of the individual. With his renown, he lectured across the country sharing his contemporary philosophies. Publishing his most famous lectures in Society and Solitude, Emerson argued for a balance between individuals and society. Making Christianity look outdated, Emerson presented a modern philosophy more in line with the democratic values of the nation.
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American Literature since 1865