Brief ontime of Amarican literature 1. Colonial period(1607-1750) 4. Realism(1865-1914 Anne bradstreet Edward Taylor Mark Twain 2. Enlightenment and Henry James Revolutionary period Naturalism 750-1810 Benjamin Franklin 1 Stephen crane Philip freneau Theodore dreiser 3. Romanticism(1800-1865) Washington Irving 5. Modern Period (1914-1945) Edgar Allan Poe 5 Nathaniel hawthorne 3 The 1920s William Whitman TS. Eliot transcendentalism William faulkner New england renaissance Ernest hemingway Ralph Waldo Emerson Fillip Thoreau (Lost Generation) Imagism Ezra poundBrief Outline of American literature 1. Colonial period (1607-1750) Anne Bradstreet Edward Taylor 2. Enlightenment and Revolutionary period (1750-1810) Benjamin Franklin 1 Philip Freneau 3. Romanticism (1800-1865) Washington Irving Edgar Allan Poe 5 Nathaniel Hawthorne 3 William Whitman * Transcendentalism * (New England Renaissance) Ralph Waldo Emerson Fillip Thoreau 4. Realism (1865-1914) Mark Twain Henry James Naturalism: Stephen Crane Theodore Dreiser 5. Modern Period (1914-1945) The 1920s T.S. Eliot William Faulkner Ernest Hemingway (Lost Generation) Imagism: Ezra Pound