American Literature 1914-1945

NAAL -- Volume D -- Lists/Groups of Writers

 

Writers

Genres

Notes

Black Elk & John G. Neihardt Nonfiction Prose Native American, "Translation"
Edgar Lee Masters Poetry Traditional, Regional (Midwest, Chicago), Early Modernism
Edwin Arlington Robinson Poetry Traditional, Regional (New England), Early Modernism
Willa Cather Fiction Traditional, Regional (Midwest, Nebraska), Early Modernism
Amy Lowell Poetry Modernism, Imagism
Gertrude Stein Prose (Nonfiction and Fiction) Modernism, Experimental, Expatriate
Robert Frost Poetry Traditional, Regional (New England), Early Modernism
Susan Glaspell Drama Traditional, Regional (Midwest, Iowa), Early Modernism
Sherwood Anderson Fiction Traditional, Regional (Midwest, Ohio), Early Modernism
Carl Sanburg Poetry Regional (Midwest, Chicago), Early Modernism
Wallace Stevens Poetry Modernism, New England and Florida
Anzia Yezierska  Fiction Polish-American Immigrant, NYC and California
William Carlos Williams Poetry Modernism, Imagism, New England and New Jersey
Ezra Pound Poetry High Modernism, Imagism, Intellectual, Expatriate
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) Poetry High Modernism, Imagism, Expatriate
Robinson Jeffers Poetry Modernism, California
Marianne Moore Poetry Modernism, NYC
Eugene O’Neill Drama Modernism, New England and NYC
T.S. Eliot Poetry, Prose High Modernism, Intellectual, Expatriate, Became a British Citizen
John Crowe Ransom Poetry Modernism, South, New Criticism
Claude McKay Poetry Harlem Renaissance
Katherine Anne Porter Fiction Southern, Mexico
Zora Neale Hurston Fiction, Nonfiction Regional (South, Florida), Harlem Renaissance, NYC
Nella Larsen Novel Harlem Renaissance, Overseas, Chicago, NYC
Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Modernism, New England and NYC
Dorothy Parker Prose, Poetry Intellectual Humor, NYC and California
Genevieve Taggard Poetry Political, Feminism, New England, NYC, West Coast
E.E. Cummings Poetry Modernism, Experimental, New England, NYC, Overseas
Jean Toomer Poetry, Fiction Harlem Renaissance, South, Georgia, Washington D.C., Chicago
F. Scott Fitzgerald Fiction Traditional, Modernism, Regional (Midwest, Minnesota), Expatriate
John Dos Passos Prose, Fiction Modernism, Multiple-Genre Writing, Portuguese-American
William Faulkner Fiction, Novel Modernism, Regional (South)
Louise Bogan Poetry Modernism, Boston, NYC
Hart Crane Poetry Modernism, Ohio, NYC
Ernest Hemingway Fiction Modernism, Expatriate, Paris, Spain, Africa, Midwest
Thomas Wolfe Prose, Fiction Modernism, South, North Carolina, NYC
Sterling A. Brown Poetry Harlem Renaissance, Washington D.C.
Langston Hughes Poetry Harlem Renaissance, NYC
John Steinbeck Fiction Regional (West, California), Social Reform
Countee Cullen Poetry Harlem Renaissance, NYC
D'Arcy McNickle Fiction Native American, Regional (West, Montana), NYC
Richard Wright Fiction Harlem Renaissance, NYC, South, Chicago, Expatriate
Carlos Bulosan Fiction Filipino-American (Asian-American) Immigrant, Regional (West, California)
Muriel Rukeyser Poet Jewish, Political, Feminism, NYC

 

Male Prose Writers

Male Poets

Female Prose Writers

Female Poets

Black Elk (J.G. Neihardt)
Sherwood Anderson
Eugene O'Neill (drama)
T.S. Eliot
F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Dos Passos
William Faulkner
Ernest Hemingway
Thomas Wolfe
John Steinbeck
D'Arcy McNickle
Richard Wright
Carlos Bulosan
Edgar Lee Masters
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Robert Frost

Carl Sandburg
Wallace Stevens
William Carlos Williams
Ezra Pound
Robinson Jeffers
T.S. Eliot
John Crowe Ransom
Claude McKay
E.E. Cummings
Jean Toomer
Hart Crane
Sterling A. Brown
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Willa Cather
Gertrude Stein
Susan Glaspell (drama)
Anzia Yezierska
Katherine Anne Porter
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Dorothy Parker
Amy Lowell
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)
Marianne Moore
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Dorothy Parker
Genevieve Taggard
Louise Bogan
Muriel Rukeyser

 

White Americans

African (Black) Americans

Native Americans

Immigrant Americans

Edgar Lee Masters
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Willa Cather
Amy Lowell
Gertrude Stein
Robert Frost
Susan Glaspell
Sherwood Anderson
Carl Sandburg
Wallace Stevens
William Carlos Williams
Ezra Pound
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)
Robinson Jeffers
Marianne Moore
Eugene O'Neill
T.S. Eliot
John Crowe Ransom
Katherine Anne Porter
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Dorothy Parker
Genevieve Taggard
E.E. Cummings
F. Scott Fitzgerald
William Faulkner
Louise Bogan
Hart Crane
Ernest Hemingway
Thomas Wolfe
John Steinbeck
Muriel Rukeyser
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Nella Larsen
Jean Toomer
Sterling A. Brown
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
Richard Wright
Black Elk
D'Arcy McNickle
Anzia Yezierska (Polish-Am.)
John Dos Passos (Portuguese-Am.)
Carlos Bulosan (Filiopino-Am.)

 

More "Traditional" Poets:

"Imagist" Poets:

Very "Experimental" Writers:

"High" Modernism / Intellectuals:

Harlem Renaissance Writers:

Female "Political" Poets:

Artists, Writers, and Writing: