WELD 174AB Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Allen Ginsberg, African-American Literature, African-American Culture
19 Jul 2020
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Popular type of writing 2nd half 19th century. Aim: depiciting regions and ways of life that were unfamiliar to the reader (particular those in cities north east ) The american short story in the 19th century. Origins of genre: first half 19th century (term didn"t exist to that time origin washington irving) 1819/20: washington irving"s the sketch book, a collection of short prose texts which contains the first american short stories: ripvanwinkle , thelegendofsleepyhollow , thespectrebridegroom . Nathaniel hawthrone: gothic short stories ( puritans in new england) Edgar allan poe: a short story = defined by a unity of effect or imoression". Millions of immigrants from different countries, e. g 1850-1930: (became more afforatable changed culture and traditions) 25 million immigrants from eastern and southern european countries. Emergence of new american literature, eg chinese american literature (where on west coast (nearest) ) New inventions/ technology at the beginning of the 20th century.
