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Robert Frost

Notable Works include "Mending Wall" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

William Shakespeare

Known for works like "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Famous for "How Do I Love Thee?" and "Aurora Leigh"

Beowulf

An epic poem with characters like Shield Sheafson and King Hrothgar

English Literature

Characteristics include classic, reflective of ideas, and featuring stories about government

American Literature

Focuses on individualism, realism, and modernism

Modern Period of American Literature

Includes writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway

Early Periods of American Literature

Covers exploration literature and the American Enlightenment

The Transcendentalist Movement

Led by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Romantic Period

Writers include Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne

Realist Writers

Authors like Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and Bret Harte who depicted life realistically in their works.

Henry James

Known for making life, interest, and importance central in his writings.

Edith Wharton

Explored social transformation as a backdrop in many of her novels.

Stephen Crane

A journalist who also wrote fiction, essays, poetry, and plays.

Jack London

A Naturalist writer known for works like "The Son of the Wolf" set in Alaska and the Yukon.

Theodore Dreiser

Explored the dangers of the American dream in his writings.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Regarded as the best U.S. poet of the late 19th century.

Old English Period

Literary period featuring works like "Beowulf" and "The Seafarer" reflecting early English culture.

Middle English Period

Period including works like "Everyman" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" showcasing morality and romance.

The Renaissance (16th Century)

Literary period with works like "Doctor Faustus" and "The Faerie Queen" by Marlowe and Spenser.

The Age of Reason (17th Century)

Period featuring works like "The Essays of Francis Bacon" and "Paradise Lost" by John Milton.