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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: A Brief Guide to Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Concise explanation of modernism as it applies to literature. It's mainly a discussion of the poetic movement of the early twentieth century, and it discusses many of the important figures of the era.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Urbanization 1870 1900: Change Reflected in Thought and Writing

For Students 11th - 12th
American writers and intellectuals played an important role in articulating the changes taking place in Industrial America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Learn about some of the prominent writers, scientists, and philosophers at that...