Poetry was important during this period.

This period is often thought of as the start of American literature.

Children were often accused of witchcraft.

"To identify witches, authorities used the "touching test", in which victims of witchcraft would become calm upon touching the culprit." (Briticanna)

Whitman started his first job as a printer at the age of 12.

He left school at 11.

Whitman founded his own newspaper as a teenager.

Anne married when she was 16 years old.

She was the first Puritan in American Literature.

The Bradstreets were a part of the founding of Harvard University.

Poe published his first book at 18.

Edgar Allen was a college dropout.

Poe joined the U.S. Army in 1827 but left after 2 years.

Fear of communism led to McCarthy's rise to power.

Government employees lost jobs due to McCarthyism.

Mark Twain was not expected to survive as a baby.

It took Twain 7 years to finish "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

Mark Twain invented a board game.

Cisneros has dual citizenship in the US and Mexico.

Sandra Cisneros has a BA from Loyola University and a MFA from University of Iowa.

Cisneros's "House on Mango Street" has been translated in over 20 languages.

https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/the-art-of-change-meet-our-fellows/sandra-cisneros/#:~:text=She%20holds%20a%20BA%20from,currently%20lives%20in%20central%20Mexico.

The "American Dream was of equality.

In the 1920's the "American Dream" was also about having material possessions.

https://www.thecollector.com/the-roaring-twenties-jazz-age/

Realism rejects imaginative idealization in favor of close observation of outward appearances.

It was a dominant current in French art between 1850 and 1880.

https://www.britannica.com/summary/realism-art#:~:text=Realism%20rejects%20imaginative%20idealization%20in,the%20landscape%20near%20their%20village.

Modernism Stands For Innovation And Experimentation

Modernist Artists Questioned Conservative Values

The "American Dream" was something people looked up to due to the effects of the Great Depression.

During the 30s, 15 million Americans were unemployed.

The "American Dream" started to include more technology, like TVs in every room of the house.

Nice kitchens and beautiful yards were included as well.

Black cultural movement in Harlem, New York

Some Poetry rhythms based on spirituals and jazz, lyrics on the blues and diction from the street talk of the ghettos

Other poetry used conventional lyrical forms

Was the most influential movement in African American literary history.

This movement also included music, theater, and visual arts.

The "American Dream" changed from focusing on one's self and family to the greater good of the nation.

The dream was to create and equal America for all.

The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, launches in 1981.

The Berlin Wall falls in 1989.

https://www.history.com/topics/1980s/1980s

The Soviet Union falls, ending the Cold War.

The Internet is invented.

Postmodernism doesn't believe in an objective reality.

In Postmodernism, there is no scientific or historical truth.