Periods of American literature
1607-1776 1776-1790 1790-1820 1820-1865
1865-1900 1900-1914 1914-1945 1920s-1930s 1945-to date 1950s 1970-to date
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The Colonial or early American Period The Revolutionary Period The Early National Period The Romantic Period, the American Renaissance or the Age of Transcendentalism The Realistic Period The Naturalistic Period American Modernism, including the “Lost Generation”, “Jazz Age” and Harlem Renaissance The Contemporary Period, including the beat writers, postmodernism, new realism and ethnic writing
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