American Literature 1865-1914
NAAL -- Lists/Groups of Writers
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Writers |
Genres |
Notes |
| Walt Whitman | Poetry | Romanticism, Realism, Experimentation |
| Emily Dickinson | Poetry | Romanticism, Realism, Experimentation |
| Mark Twain | Fiction | Romanticism, Local Color, Realism |
| Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt | Poetry | |
| Bret Harte | Fiction | |
| Constance Fenimore Woolson | Fiction | |
| Ambrose Bierce | Fiction | |
| Cochise | Oratory | Native American |
| Charlot | Oratory | Native American |
| Henry James | Fiction | The "Master" of Psychological Realism |
| Joel Chandler Harris | Fiction | Local Color |
| Sarah Orne Jewett | Fiction | Local Color, Regionalism, Realism |
| Kate Chopin | Fiction | Local Color, Regionalism, Realism |
| Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | Fiction | Local Color, Regionalism, Realism |
| Booker T. Washington | Nonfiction, Autobiography | Black American |
| Charles W. Chesnutt | Fiction | Black American |
| Charles Alexander Eastman | Nonfiction, Autobiography | Native American, Minnesota Connection |
| Hamlin Garland | Fiction | Midwest Writer |
| Abraham Cahan | Fiction | Immigrant American (Russian Jew) |
| Charlotte Perkins Gilman | Fiction, Essay | |
| Edith Wharton | Fiction | |
| Sui Sin Far | Fiction | Immigrant American (Eurasian) |
| W.E.B. DuBois | Nonfiction, Essay | Black American |
| Stephen Crane | Fiction | Naturalism |
| Theodore Dreiser | Fiction | Naturalism |
| John M. Oskison | Fiction | Native American |
| Jack London | Fiction | Naturalism |
| The Navajo Night Chant | Orature (?) | Native American Chants and Songs |
| Chippewa Songs | Orature (?) | Native American Chants and Songs |
| Ghost Dance Songs | Orature (?) | Native American Chants and Songs |
| Wovoka | Nonfiction, Letters | Native American |
| Zitkala Sa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) | Nonfiction, Autobiography | Native American |
| Henry Adams | Nonfiction, Autobiography and Essay | Naturalism |
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Males |
Females |
Groups |
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Walt Whitman Mark Twain Bret Harte Ambrose Bierce Cochise Charlot Henry James Joel Chandler Harris Booker T. Washington Charles W. Chesnutt Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) Hamlin Garland Abraham Cahan W.E.B. DuBois Stephen Crane Theodore Dreiser John M. Oskison Jack London Wovoka Henry Adams |
Emily Dickinson Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt Constance Fenimore Wolson Sarah Orne Jewett Kate Chopin Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Charlotte Perkins Gilman Edith Wharton Sui Sin Far Zitkala Sa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) |
Navajo Chippewa Arapaho Sioux |
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White Americans |
African (Black) Americans |
Native Americans |
Immigrant Americans |
| Walt
Whitman Emily Dickinson Mark Twain Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt Bret Harte Constance Fenimore Woolson Ambrose Bierce Henry James Joel Chandler Harris Sarah Orne Jewett Kate Chopin Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Hamlin Garland Charlotte Perkins Gilman Edith Wharton Stephen Crane Theodore Dreiser Jack London Henry Adams |
Booker T. Washington Charles W. Chesnutt W.E.B. DuBois |
Cochise Charlot Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) John M. Oskison
Navajo
Zitkala Sa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) |
Abraham Cahan (Russian, Jewish) Sui Sin Far (Eurasian) |
Poetry:
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt
Regionalism and Local-Color Writing:
Novels:
Literary Realism:
Literary Naturalism:
Texts about Minority Struggle and Resistance:
Texts about Love and Marriage:
Texts about Death:
Texts about the Rise of Women:
Americans in Europe:
Reading, Writing, Authorship, Literary Authority, and Artists in Society: