The document summarizes major periods, authors, and books in American literature between 1850-1900. It describes the rise of romantic poetry focused on individualism during this time period, as well as works exploring themes of the North vs South, emancipation, slavery, and the Civil War. Realism and naturalism became popular literary movements as exemplified through the works of authors like Stephen Crane and Edith Wharton.

1. PERIODS, AUTHORS & BOOKS.

2. From 1850 to 1900
 The Conquers.  Romantic poetry.
 Puritans.  Individualism.
 Illustration.  North & South,
 Transcendentalis. Emancipation & Slavery.
 Romanticisims. The Civil War.
 Realism & Naturalism.
 Renaissance.
 Cosmopolitism.

3. From 1850 to 1900
 Cabeza de Vaca, John Smith.  Walt Whitman, Emily
 William Fradford, John Dickinson.
Winthrop.  Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Jack
 Cotton Mather, Johathan London, Frank Norris.
Edwards, Mary Ronaldson.  Ambrose Bierce.
 Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin  Stephen Crane, Edith Warton.
Franklin.  Henry James.
 Washington Irvin. Ralph W.
Emerson, Henry D. Thoreau.
 Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar A.
Poe, H. Melville.

4. FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
THE CONQUERS: Exploring the new continent.
• “Naufragios” by Cabeza de Vaca
• “General History of Virginia” by John Smith

5. FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
PURITANS: Early puritan records.
• “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford
•“A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop

6. FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
PURITANS: Doctrine, semón & captivity narratives.

7. FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
ILLUSTRATION: The creation of a New Nation.
• “Declaration of Independence”
by Thomas Jefferson.
• “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”
by Benjamin Franklin.

8. FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
TRANSCENDENTALISM: The rise of a National Literature.
• “Tales of the Alhambra” by W. Irving.
• “Self-reliance” by Ralph W. Emerson.
• “Walden” by Henry D. Thoreau

9. FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
ROMANTICISM: An American Renaissance.
• “Rappacini’s Daughter” by N. Hawthorne.
• “The Murders in The Rue Mongue”
by E. A. Poe.
• “Moby Dick” by H. Melville

10. FROM 1850 TO 1900
ROMANTIC POETRY: Individuality & the self.
• “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” by Walt Whitman.
• “Selected Poems” by Emily Dickinson.

11. FROM 1850 TO 1900
INDIVIDUALISM
• “The Luck of Roaring Camp” by Bret Harte.
•“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.
•“What life means to me” by Jack London.
• “The Octopus” by Frank Norris.

12. FROM 1850 TO 1900
NORTH & SOUTH, EMANCIPATION & SLAVERY. The Civil War.
• “Chickamauga” by Ambrose Bierce.

13. FROM 1850 TO 1900
REALISM & NATURALISM
• “Maggie, A Girl of the Streets”
by Stephen Crane.
• “The Age of Innocence” by Edith Wharton.

14. FROM 1850 TO 1900
COSMOPOLITANISM: Europe in America.
• “Daisy Miller” by Henry James.