Any dates have been derived from the graphs themselves. CHRONOLOGICAL CHART I. AMERICAN LITERATURE, |
Thomas Morton | (1575?-1646) |
Nathaniel Ward | (1578-1652?) |
Roger Williams | (1604-1683) |
Michael Wigglesworth | (1631-1705) |
Anne Bradstreet | (1612-1672) |
Increase Mather | (1639-1723) |
Cotton Mather | (1663-1728) |
Samuel Sewall | (1652-1730) |
Sarah Kemble Knight | (1666-1727) |
Jonathan Edwards | (1703-1758) |
Benjamin Franklin | (1706-1790) |
Michel de CrÈvecoeur | (1731-1813) |
Francis Hopkinson | (1737-1791) |
John Trumbull | (1750-1831) |
Philip Freneau | (1752-1832) |
Timothy Dwight | (1752-1817) |
Joel Barlow | (1754-1812) |
Brockden Brown | (1771-1810) |
Washington Irving | (1783-1859) |
Fitz-Greene Halleck | (1790-1867) |
Joseph Rodman Drake | (1795-1820) |
J. Fenimore Cooper | (1789-1851) |
Wm. Cullen Bryant | (1794-1878) |
Reigns of English Monarchs
JAMES I | 1603-1625 |
CHARLES I | 1625-1649 |
PROTECTORATE | 1649-1660 |
CHARLES II | 1660-1685 |
JAMES II | 1685-1689 |
WM.-MARY | 1689-1702 |
ANNE | 1702-1714 |
GEORGE I | 1714-1727 |
GEORGE II | 1727-1760 |
GEORGE III | 1760-1820 |
American Revolution | 1775-1780 |
James I
Charles I
Protect-
orate
orate
Charles II
Jas.
II
II
Wm.-
Mary
Mary
Anne
George I
George II
George III
1600
1610
1620
1630
1640
1650
1660
1670
1680
1690
1700
1710
1720
1730
1740
1750
1760
1770
1780
1790
Dates for the English Reigns
Reign | |
James I | (1603–1625) |
Charles I | (1625–1649) |
Protectorate | (1649–1660) |
Charles II | (1660–1685) |
Jas. II | (1685–1689) |
Wm.-Mary | (1689–1702) |
Anne | (1702–1714) |
George I | (1714–1727) |
George II | (1727–1760) |
George III | (1760–1820) |
American Revolution | (1775-1780) |
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART II, American Literature in the Nineteenth Century
The dates in the table below are derived from the printed chart and are limited to the period defined there.
Life Span | Active Authorship | Most Important Period | |
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Brockden Brown | 1771–1810 | –1810 | –1801 |
Washington Irving | 1783–1859 | 1807-1858 | 1819-1832 |
Fitz-Greene Halleck | 1790–1867 | 1819-1866 | 1819-1831 |
Joseph Rodman Drake | 1795–1820 | 1816-1820 | 1816-1820 |
J. Fenimore Cooper | 1789–1851 | 1820-1850 | 1821-1831 |
Wm. Cullen Bryant | 1794–1878 | 1811-1878 | 1831-1843 |
Edgar Allan Poe | 1808–1849 | 1827–1849 | 1836–1849 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | 1803–1882 | 1835–1870 | 1835–1848 |
Henry David Thoreau | 1817–1862 | 1839–1862 | 1849–1862 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1804–1864 | 1829–1864 | 1850–1860 |
John G. Whittier | 1807–1892 | 1829–1892 | 1849–1866 |
Henry W. Longfellow | 1807–1882 | 1824–1882 | 1847–1862 |
James R. Lowell | 1819–1891 | 1838–1888 | 1848–1866 |
Harriet B. Stowe | 1811–1896 | 1842–1881 | 1852–1861 |
Oliver W. Holmes | 1809–1894 | 1836–1891 | 1859–1872 |
Richard H. Stoddard | 1825–1903 | 1849–1890 | 1851–1862 |
Thomas B. Aldrich | 1836–1907 | 1855–1896 | 1861–1873 |
Edmund C. Stedman | 1833–1908 | 1860– | 1862–1875 |
Henry Timrod | 1829–1867 | 1857–1867 | 1858–1867 |
Paul Hamilton Hayne | 1830–1886 | 1855–1880 | 1856–1872 |
Sidney Lanier | 1842–1881 | 1869–1881 | 1869–1881 |
Walt Whitman | 1819–1892 | 1855–1890 | 1855–1871 |
Bret Harte | 1839–1902 | 1867– | 1870–1880 |
Mark Twain | 1835–1910 | 1867– | 1869–1884 |
Edward Rowland Sill | 1841–1887 | 1868–1888 | 1878–1883 |
“Joaquin” Miller | 1841–1913 | 1869– | 1881–1892 |
Richard Watson Gilder | 1844–1909 | 1875– | 1889–1892 |
Wm. Dean Howells | 1837– | 1849– | 1883–1895 |
Wm. Vaughn Moody | 1869–1910 | 1891– | 1899– |
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
1860
1870
1880
1890
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART III, LEADING PERIODICALS ESTABLISHED SINCE 1800
WHICH HAVE SERVED AS VEHICLES FOR AMERICAN WRITINGS
Years of Publication | |
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New York Evening Post | 1801– |
The Portfolio | 1806–1827 |
North American Review | 1815– |
Saturday Evening Post | 1821– |
New York Mirror | 1823–1846 |
New York Review and AthenÆum Magazine | 1826–1827 |
Casket | 1826–1840 |
Godey’s Lady’s Book | 1830–1898 |
New England Magazine | 1831–1835 |
Liberator | 1831–1865 |
Baltimore Saturday Visiter | 1833–? |
Western Monthly Magazine | 1833–1836 |
Knickerbocker Magazine | 1833–1865 |
Southern Literary Messenger | 1834–1865 |
Western Messenger | 1835–1841 |
Gentleman’s Magazine | 1837–1841 |
Democratic Review | 1837–1859 |
Dial (Boston) | 1840–1844 |
Graham’s Magazine | 1841–1859 |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle | 1841– |
New York Tribune | 1841– |
New Englander | 1843–1892 |
Littell’s Living Age | 1844– |
Broadway Journal | 1845 |
Home Journal | 1847– |
Independent | 1848– |
Congregationalist | 1849– |
Harper’s Magazine | 1850– |
Putnam’s Magazine | 1853–1858, 1868–1870, 1906–1910 |
Russell’s Magazine | 1857–1860 |
Atlantic Monthly | 1857– |
Saturday Press | 1858–1860 |
Round Table | 1864–1869 |
Every Saturday | 1865–1874 |
Nation | 1865– |
Galaxy | 1866–1878 |
Overland Monthly | 1868–1875, 1883– |
Lippincott’s Magazine | 1868–1916 |
Scribner’s Monthly | 1870–1881 |
Outlook | 1870– |
Southern Magazine | 1871–1875 |
American Magazine | 1875– |
Dial (Chicago–New York) | 1880– |
Critic | 1881–1906 |
Century Magazine | 1881– |
Scribner’s Magazine | 1886– |
Poet–Lore | 1889– |
Conservator | 1890– |
Yale Review | 1892– |
McClure’s Magazine | 1893– |
Everybody’s Magazine | 1899– |
Poetry Magazine | 1912– |
New Republic | 1914– |
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART II. AMERICAN LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
The dates in the table below are derived from the printed chart and are limited to the period defined there.
Life Span | Active Authorship | Most Important Period | |
---|---|---|---|
Brockden Brown | 1771–1810 | –1810 | –1801 |
Washington Irving | 1783–1859 | 1807-1858 | 1819-1832 |
Fitz-Greene Halleck | 1790–1867 | 1819-1866 | 1819-1831 |
Joseph Rodman Drake | 1795–1820 | 1816-1820 | 1816-1820 |
J. Fenimore Cooper | 1789–1851 | 1820-1850 | 1821-1831 |
Wm. Cullen Bryant | 1794–1878 | 1811-1878 | 1831-1843 |
Edgar Allan Poe | 1808–1849 | 1827–1849 | 1836–1849 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | 1803–1882 | 1835–1870 | 1835–1848 |
Henry David Thoreau | 1817–1862 | 1839–1862 | 1849–1862 |
Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1804–1864 | 1829–1864 | 1850–1860 |
John G. Whittier | 1807–1892 | 1829–1892 | 1849–1866 |
Henry W. Longfellow | 1807–1882 | 1824–1882 | 1847–1862 |
James R. Lowell | 1819–1891 | 1838–1888 | 1848–1866 |
Harriet B. Stowe | 1811–1896 | 1842–1881 | 1852–1861 |
Oliver W. Holmes | 1809–1894 | 1836–1891 | 1859–1872 |
Richard H. Stoddard | 1825–1903 | 1849–1890 | 1851–1862 |
Thomas B. Aldrich | 1836–1907 | 1855–1896 | 1861–1873 |
Edmund C. Stedman | 1833–1908 | 1860– | 1862–1875 |
Henry Timrod | 1829–1867 | 1857–1867 | 1858–1867 |
Paul Hamilton Hayne | 1830–1886 | 1855–1880 | 1856–1872 |
Sidney Lanier | 1842–1881 | 1869–1881 | 1869–1881 |
Walt Whitman | 1819–1892 | 1855–1890 | 1855–1871 |
Bret Harte | 1839–1902 | 1867– | 1870–1880 |
Mark Twain | 1835–1910 | 1867– | 1869–1884 |
Edward Rowland Sill | 1841–1887 | 1868–1888 | 1878–1883 |
“Joaquin” Miller | 1841–1913 | 1869– | 1881–1892 |
Richard Watson Gilder | 1844–1909 | 1875– | 1889–1892 |
Wm. Dean Howells | 1837– | 1849– | 1883–1895 |
Wm. Vaughn Moody | 1869–1910 | 1891– | 1899– |