The Gilded Age and Dawn of the Modern

1877-1919

Jeffrey H. Hacker

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781317456612
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

The Gilded Age and Dawn of the Modern: 1877-1919, a new title in the six-title series History Through Literature: American Voices, American Themes, provides insights and analysis regarding the history, literature, and cultural climate of the Gilded Age and early twentieth century. It brings together informational text and primary documents that cover notable historic events and trends, authors, literary works, social movements, and cultural and artistic themes.

The Gilded Age and Dawn of the Modern begins with an interdisciplinary chronology that identifies, defines, and places in context the notable historical events, literary works, authors' lives, and cultural landmarks of the period. This is followed by a comprehensive overview essay that summarizes the era's major historical trends, social movements, cultural and artistic themes, literary voices, and enduring works as reflections of each other and the spirit of the times.

The core content comprises 20-30 articles on representative writers of the period, along with excerpts from essential literary works that highlight a historical theme, sociocultural movement, or the confluence of the two. These excerpts serve the Common Core emphasis on "informational texts from a broad range of cultures and periods", including "stories, drama, poetry, and literary nonfiction".

Index

Page numbers followed by “i” indicate illustrations.

Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer, 39

Active Service (Crane), 68

Adams, Charles Francis, 14

Adams, Henry, 14–22, 101

death of, 16

family background and early life of, 14

philosophy and activism of, 14–15

Adams, John, 14

Adams, John Qunicy, 14

Adams, Marian Hooper, 15

Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 138, 139–40

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain), 3, 108–15, 109i, 178–79, 181

criticism of, 108, 109–10

excerpt, 111–15

importance of, 108

Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The (Twain), 3, 108, 178–79

African Americans, 6, 7–8. See also civil rights movement; Du Bois, W. E. B.; Dunbar, Paul Laurence; racism

Age of Innocence, The (Wharton), 8, 187, 189

excerpt, 190–96

Akers, Floyd (Baum’s pen name), 41

Alcott, Louisa May, 7

Alexander’s Bridge (Cather), 52

Alger, Horatio, 5, 23–32, 69

death of, 25

early life of, 23

popularity of works, 23, 25

sexual misconduct allegations against, 23

Algren, Nelson, 144

Allan, William Francis, 169

Amaranth (Robinson), 156

Ambassadors, The (James), 118

American, The (James), 118

excerpt, 119–24

American Academy of Arts and Letters, 102

American Civil Liberties Union, 163

American Dream, 5–7, 23, 34, 69, 157

American Historical Association, 169

American Magazine, 138

American Quarterly, 41

American Tragedy, An (Dreiser), 5, 73, 75, 144

Anderson, Sherwood, 6, 12, 33–38

death of, 35

early life of, 33

rejection of materialism, 33

Appeal to Reason, 161–62

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Chronology
• Literature of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
• Adams, Henry
• Alger, Horatio
• Anderson, Sherwood
• Baum, L. Frank
• Bierce, Ambrose
• Cather, Willa
• Chopin, Kate
• Crane, Stephen
• Dreiser, Theodore
• Du Bois, W.E.B.
• Dunbar, Paul Laurence
• Howells, William Dean
• Huckleberry Finn
• James, Henry
• London, Jack
• Muckraking
• Naturalism
• Realism
• Riis, Jacob
• Robinson, Edwin Arlington
• Sinclair, Upton
• Turner, Frederick Jackson
• Twain, Mark
• Wharton, Edith
• Bibliography and Web Sites
• Index