The Great Depression wore raw the nerves of the people, and our true strength was shown. ... The Great Depression had an immense impact on American life. ... His life is a mixture of accomplishment and defeat, and has thereby been dubbed the "greatest successful failure" of American literature. ... Steinbeck eventually won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962, although many question whether he truly deserved it or not. ... It was an era of true American spirit, as Jim Casy said, "Maybe all men got one big soul ever"body's a part of," which tells of the Great Depression, people coming to...

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African American Literature is a composite of many different life stories and experiences African Americans have had to endure throughout a lifetime. From African American Heritage, which goes all the way back to literature written by African's who were brought to America as slaves up to now (which is considered the Affirmative Action Era), there has been somewhat of an African American diary that continues to evolve throughout our times. As of now there is Pre-20th African American Literature, which would include authors like Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. ... The second o...

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This is the Era Television Channel. ... Another thing it takes to be naturalistic is that the literature has to be objective. ... John grew up in the time of humane hardship in the Great Depression. ... Although I rarely find literature I like, I liked naturalism. ... Thank you for watching Era Television. ...

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During the 1920's, the United States started off on a joyride in an "era of wonderful nonsense" (World Book Encyclopedia p.114). ... At the same time, American writers began to influence world literature. ... The initial response from the government to the Great Depression was unproductive. ... The Great Depression marked the end of The Jazz Age in 1929. ... The glorious Jazz Era concluded in ruin. ...

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According to most people he became the prime leader of the modernist movement in the field of Literature as his poetry and drama revolutionized the genres, as did his critical analysis of different forms of literature. His revitalizing work finally awarded him the Noble Peace Prize of Literature in 1948. ... Being a literature modernist, TS Eliot had not forgone a sense of unorthodox workings in his play. ... The 1930's been the year of Depression (or at least the end of it) and was a fairly peaceful period in the wake of the devastating World War and the economic stagnation caused b...

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For his talent of expressing the lives of the American people in literature, he was presented the Noble Prize in 1962. ... This novel is about a poor Oklahoma family traveling to California to find a new life during this difficult era. ... The 30's was a period of Depression. ... Hoovervilles were named after President Herbert Hoover who was blamed for the causing the Depression and the problems that occurred as the Depression continued. ... Unions were an important part of the era and were involved in every type of employment. ...

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Artists in this era expressed freely what they felt, thought or imagined of a situation, incident or place and they challenged questions of form and structure of traditional works of art. ... It was in the 1930's during the great depression when the people challenged America's traditional system of individualism with the new system of collectivism. ... The stock-market crash of 1929 and the Depression of the 1930s had an impact on America's modernism. People migrated in new ways in search of jobs to big cities and literature too was influenced where we saw often a man with a ...

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John Keats was a respected English writer from the Romantic Era, specifically known for his poetry. ... Literature from the Romantic Era emphasizes originality and a love for nature. ... Self-examination, psychology, depression and sadness were all emphasized as well. ... Romantic literature is often characterized by death and the feelings and emotions that the writer is dealing with. ... John Keats, along with several others from the Romantic era, assisted in creating new possibilities and standards for literature that has continued to grow in the world even today....

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In his early years of education, Steinbeck excelled greatly in literature. ... After high school, he continued on to study literature at Stanford University. ... First the massive stock market crash during 1920, which then lead to the second major event, The Great Depression. ... The book is about two laborers during the depression who have a dream of saving money to start up a rabbit farm. ... The book is about how a family is forced from their farm during the dustbowl depression era and they migrate west to California for a better and more sustainable life. ...

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Each era in America has brought on change and challenged the traditional way of doing things. ... The extreme example of these types of laws when congress passed the Compstock Act, which prohibited the mailing of obscene literature, this law was used to prevent the distribution of birth control information and contraceptives through the mail. ... During this time a different type of women emerged, the flapper, these women threw out the old ways of the Victorian era. ... During the Great Depression, the United States went in to a period of isolationism. ... To conclude, theses eras have brough...

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In this era, people were just beginning to regain their financial stability after having lived through The Depression. Women, who at one time had no thought of working in the outside world were forced to seek employment due to the dire straits caused by The Depression. ... Those people that wish to hold women back to an era when women were considered nothing more "chattel," as Lena Lawrence said in "Men Are Such Fools." ... Unfortunately for the women of this era, success often times came along with unhappiness. The war had left many women as widows and the depression had left many men une...

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Hootch was supplied by Dutch Schultz (one of the best known New York mobsters of the prohibition era).and Al Capone. ... The decade was a wonderful one for all of the arts and literature in America. ... The nation stayed in this depression through the end of the twenties and most of the thirties. ...

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Galatas of the History and Political Science Department at Georgia South Western State University The Era of Good Feelings: An Era of Idealism or Realism? The Era of Good Feelings was the national mood of the United States from 1815 to 1825, as first described by the Boston Columbian Centinel on July 12, 1817. The "era" generally is considered coextensive with President James Monroe's two terms (1817-25), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military affairs. ... But by 1820 a longer e...

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In literature, attractiveness often indicates the admirable protagonist, while ugliness symbolizes an abominable antagonist. ... Patients who are not satisfied with the results experience periods of depression, isolation and anger towards their doctors. ... Many people go under the knife as a way of enhancing self-esteem or overcoming mental issues such as depression. ... This shows that the introduction of cosmetic surgery marks the beginning of a new era. ... This new era revolves around the idea that beauty is only present in a single face or body type. ...

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Hughes' and Robinson's works qualify as poetry because their writings are an emotion found in all cultures and eras that found words to express themselves and, according to Robert Frost, therefore qualify as poetry. ... Poetry is an advanced form of literature that allows the reader not only to see the experience but also to become involved in that experience through the emotions and words used. ... These works qualify to be poems because they express, in words, this universal emotion of depression that allows the reader to, "experience the experience....

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Even though Hurston's novel was published after the Harlem Renaissance, the period from the end of World War 1 to the end of the Depression, it is still associated with the era. ... The Harlem Renaissance was a time of advancement in every subject of art, from literature to drama, painting, and jazz. ...

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It is the Great Depression when only the necessities were valuable leaving Elisa's talent worthless. ... The entrapment continues in "To Set Our House in Order" when Grandmother MacLeod is trapped by the Great Depression. ... As you read these two stories be grateful that your mother, grandmother, sister, or daughter do not live in an era like the Great Depression....

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Her parents were two of the most noted freethinkers of the Enlightenment era. ... Mary fell into a deep depression that was barely relieved with the birth of her only surviving child, Percy Florence in 1819. ... They studied classical and European literature, Greek, Latin, Italian, music, art, and ambitious writing. ... After Percy's death, Mary's life was full of hardship and depression as she struggled to take care of herself and her child. ...

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Thomas is a poet known greatly for his indulgence in his love for poetry and literature. ... Dylan's interest in poetry and literature was sparked at an early age, and by high school Dylan was editing for his school newspaper. ... Thomas began to spend much of his time exploring the streets, pubs, and alleys of the depression-ridden seaport town in which he lived. ... Even though other authors of the Romantic era played with ideas of this sort, Thomas proposed them in such a way that he was much more highly regarded for his criticism because it was made more appealing to his readers. ...

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A uniquely American art form, jazz traced its birth to a combination of ragtime, marching band music, and the blues. " The spontaneity and excitement of the music produced by black artists 'riffing' on old blues and classical themes found a ready outlet in the New York of the post-war era."... With art by the James Van der Zee and Aaron Douglas, Harlem became the focal point for a vibrant new life of the mind and spirit of the "New Negro" in those exciting days between World War I and the beginning of the Great Depression. ... The Harlem Renaissance changed forever the dynamics of ...

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Galatas of the History and Political Science Department at Georgia South Western State University The Era of Good Feelings: An Era of Idealism or Realism? The Era of Good Feelings was the national mood of the United States from 1815 to 1825, as first described by the Boston Columbian Centinel on July 12, 1817. The "era" generally is considered coextensive with President James Monroe's two terms (1817-25), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military affairs. ... But by 1820 a longer era...

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With that, the anxiety was collectively heard and felt with its louder voice and remembered to define an era. ... The whole idea and feeling of uncertainty provoked a revolution in the world of art and literature as well. ... This new way of literature also changed the way screenplays were written, and movies and theatre evolved from that point. ... America's "age of anxiety" was more collectively felt after the Great Depression of 1929, which concluded a decade of partying in avoidance of the inability to deal with uncertainty. ... I couldn't tell whether America made the movemen...

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Everyone was in depression because of the war, but this was used to cheer people up. ... The term "African American Literature" is understood by most as Sub-Saharan (East and West) Africa. The primary source of language for this literature is European not Africa, which is also known as radical anomaly. African participants in colonial administrations in Africa began producing written works of literature in European languages. ... This was a big era, in which African Americans celebrated their culture and enjoyed the unique experience of being looked up at. ...

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