Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Movements: 1890s to 1920s Naturalism

Information and analysis on the central concerns, characteristics, and distinguishing features of American literature, presented in timeline format. With synopses of classic works, biographical sketches, overviews of literary movements,...

Brief background on the Postmodern literary movement, including characteristics of the movement as well as as list of popular postmodern authors.

Brief Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Highlights the novel's themes, setting, and main characters.

Brief introduction to The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, highlighting the novel's themes, setting, and main characters.

Background on the literary time period known as Modernism, including characteristics of writing at this time as well as a list of important modernist authors.

Introduction to William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. Provides background information about the novel's setting and main themes.

Brief introduction to Uncle Tom's Cabin, highlighting the novel's important themes, setting, and main characters.

Introduction to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Highlights main ideas and themes of the novel.

Brief introduction to Jack London's The Call of the Wild. Highlights the novel's important themes and setting.

A brief introduction to Moby Dick, highlighting the novel's setting, main characters, and important themes.