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Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion (1850-1914)

Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion (1850-1914). Literature of the Period. Freedom. Black spirituals Traditional African music fused with Biblical stories, hymns, popular music of the day Fredrick Douglas Abolitionist leader Skilled orator Wrote autobiography. Wartime Voices.

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Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion (1850-1914)

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  1. Division, Reconciliation, and Expansion(1850-1914) Literature of the Period

  2. Freedom • Black spirituals • Traditional African music fused with Biblical stories, hymns, popular music of the day • Fredrick Douglas • Abolitionist leader • Skilled orator • Wrote autobiography

  3. Wartime Voices • Diaries, letters, journals, speeches • Mary Chestnut, wife of high ranking Confederate officer • Pres. Abraham Lincoln • Speeches, letters • Gettysburg Address—10 sentences long

  4. Frontier Voices • Writers representing the Midwest, Far West, Southwest began to emerge • Bret Harte • Willa Cather • Mark Twain • Chief Joseph

  5. Realism and Naturalism • Began after Civil War • Attempted to portray “real life” of ordinary people • Naturalism—off-shoot of realism • Forces larger than the individual (nature, fate, heredity) shaped individual destiny • Jack London’s Alaska fiction

  6. Literature of Discontent • Realism—a harsh reality • Industrialization—a force against individuals were powerless • Loss of innocence • Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

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