In 1914 he was honored in New York with a silver medal from the Hispanic society of America. When Blue was released he was introduced as the spokesman for Latin American modernism. ... Dario describes his poetry as "the Hispanic form of the universal crisis in literature and spirit that began around 1885." ... Many of his works used native dances and language. ... He was a master at combining the traditional forms of literature with his experiences with speech, legends, and songs of the afro-Cubans. ...

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He is someone that can be looked back on, and seen as the American Conscience of the 19th Century. ... Whitman left quite and impression and indentation on the American public and literature with this lengthy poetry. ... He talks about politics, natives, nature, caves, the city, music, and much more. In Whitman's writings, he directs the American Public to see the good, and as a result do what is right. ... Walt Whitman is a distinguishable man that opened up literature simultaneously with America....

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Also the author use the theme and literature to define their poems. ... The vernacular or native language that authors used in these two poems are kind of uneducated, in Miss Rosie author used the words of native language like (when I watch you wet brown bag of a women) {13}, and in poem of Mother to son author used the words of similar like educated (So boy, don't you turn back and don't you fall now__ ){14,17}. ... Both authors life time are in 1900 century, they have same tones they wrote Fiction and poetry, both of them are African American, they both had tensions in their life, ...

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Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, Michael Wigglesworth, and Ebenezer Cook are all classic examples of early American poets. ... Not only is she considered to be the first established female writer, Bradstreet is also recognized as America's first poet. ... Despite all of the hardships that she endured in not only her personal life, but also from the criticism that she received for being a women writer, Bradstreet has emerged as one of the most enigmatic figures in literature. ... But even so, he is still regarded as a powerful American poet. ... In the beginning of the poem, Cook de...

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Alvarez is quoted as admitting, "I am a Dominican, hyphen, American. ... It is the separation from her native country, the Dominican Republic, which serves as a backdrop for the holistically autobiographical novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent. ... For the majority of her life, it has been the love of her native Spanish that has created a divide deep within her disillusioned self. ... However, Alvarez herself believes strongly in a "mandate of silence" associated with minority women's literature and its impact. ... Throughout the book, there are numerous degrading references ma...

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This led to the rapid expansion of a largely unsophisticated literary public, the rise of the popular press, and the mass production of 'popular' literature for a semi-literate 'lowbrow' readership. ... A tension in writing between the popular and the esoteric, and the popular and specialized, the commercial and the avant-garde, became a feature of twentieth-century literature. ... Before 1914, English literature and ideas were in many ways still harking back to the nineteenth century: after 1918, Modern begins to define the twentieth century. ... There is also the fact t...

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America seemed to be both his home and inspiration. ... It was natural that Whitman, with his genius and metaphysical inclinations, should have drifted into journalism, a profession that could make some demands on his native endowments. ... To get a decent start, Whitman even went so far as to write complimentary unsigned reviews of his book which he had placed in the newspapers- "An American bard at last! ... States Emerson,"I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed". ... In short, it looks as though Whitman's haunting figure will remain a ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the late 1800's, when Christianity was still quite apparent in early America, death was more moldable. This made death a subject of grief, symbolism, literature, and even life. ... In the late 1800's, Christianity was still dominant in early America- its literature, its morals, and its poetry. ... By women finally earning this change, it was a step closer towards changes in other aspects of our new country, changes like equality between the white man, the black man, the Native American, and the women....

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On 20 July 1969, Apollo 11 landed in the moon, fulfilling the American goal of that decade. These two events were crucial for the history of America, and we can assume there were many groups fascinated about the space, and technology. ... However, there was a different type of people; those who expressed a struggle towards these changes through literature, such as Richard Brautigan in one of his many poems called: "all watched over by machines of loving grace." ... In fact, in the Article "Literary Periods, Movements and History" Rahn explains: "The Beats propelled discuss...

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