Modernism
1915 - 1946
The reader and the reader’s response to a text is the focus of this time period. Writers began to experiment with form and structure in order to evoke a particular response from readers.
Featured author for this period...
Ernest Hemingway
CBS Sunday Morning: "Remembering Ernest Hemingway"
The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park - a "Hemingway Around the Web" site with valuable links for research.
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure - a neat site from PBS, this resource will help you draw connections between the author's work and his life.
"The Dangerous Spring: Ernest Hemingway's Spring"- an interesting article from the Washington Post.
Nobel e-Museum: Ernest Hemingway - visit the official website of the Nobel Foundation and read Hemingway's biography, his Nobel prize acceptance speech and more.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Short Story: "In Another Country" -p. 809
Additional Resources:
Short Story: "Hills Like White Elephants" (handout)
Even more to explore...
Sherwood Anderson
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life- links to the full e-text from Bartleby.com
Perspectives in American Literature: Sherwood Anderson- a great research source from California State University
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Short Story: "The Corn Planting" -p. 815
Additional Resources:
Short Story: "The Egg" (handout)
W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Poem: "The Unknown Citizen" -p. 777
e. e. cummings
e.e. cummings- a page from the Academy of American Poets with biographical information and e-texts.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Poem: "old age sticks" -p. 774
Poem: "anyone lived in a pretty how town" -p. 775
H.D.
H.D. - from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of her works.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Poem: "Pear Tree" -p. 735
Poem: "Heat" -p. 736
T.S. Eliot
Modern American Poetry: T.S. Eliot - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism
T.S. Eliot- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Poem: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" -p. 716
William Faulkner
William Faulkner, Biography- from the Nobel Foundation
Mississippi Writers Page: William Faulkner -from the English Department of the University of Mississippi, an extensive biography and more.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Short Story: "A Rose for Emily" -p.862
Speech: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech -p. 875
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Robert Frost
Robert Frost- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works
Modern American Poetry: Robert Frost - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism
Perspectives in American Literature: Robert Frost- a great research source from California State University.
Robert Frost Farm: Derry, NH - Never been there? Here's a virtual look at what's just 20 minutes away from LHS.
Robert Frost: Online Resources - comprehensive, multi-media resources from the Library of Congress.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Poem: "Birches" -p. 882
Poem: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" -p. 885
Poem: "Mending Wall" -p. 886
Poem: "Out, Out" -p. 888
Poem: "The Gift Outright" -p. 890
Poem: "Acquainted with the Night" -p. 892
Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Poem: "Ars Poetica" -p. 796
Edgar Lee Masters
Modern American Poetry: Edgar Lee Masters - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Poem: "Lucinda Matlock" -p. 663
Poem: "Richard Bone" -p. 664
Marianne Moore
Marianne Moore- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of her works.
Modern American Poetry: Marianne Moore- from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Poem: "Poetry" -p. 798
Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash Online - selected works and lots of links.
Katherine Anne Porter
American Masters: Katherine Anne Porter- interesting information from PBS
Perspectives in American Literature: Katherine Anne Porter- a great research source from California State University.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Short Story: "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” -p. 848
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Modern American Poetry: Edward Arlington Robinson - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Poem: "Luke Havergal" -p. 660
Poem: "Richard Cory" -p. 662
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works.
Modern American Poetry: Wallace Stevens - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Poem: "Of Modern Poetry" -p. 794
Poem: "Anecdote of the Jar" -p. 795
John Steinbeck
James Thurber
The Thurber House: A Literary Center for Writers and Readers- an interesting site offering lots of information on Thurber.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Essay: "The Night the Ghost Got In" -p. 898
Eudora Welty
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Short Story: "A Worn Path" -p. 820
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works.
Modern American Poetry: William Carlos Williams- from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Poem: "The Red Wheelbarrow" -p. 733
Poem: "The Great Figure" -p. 733
Poem: "This is Just to Say" -p. 734
Thomas Wolfe
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Short Story: "The Far and the Near" -p. 784
E.B. White
New York Times Books: Life & Times- E.B. White- an extensive resource with many great links.
Meet the Author: E.B. White- a resource from Houghton Mifflin.
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:
Excerpt from Essay: "Here is New York" -p. 903
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Overall "Text to World" & "Text to Text" Connections for this Literary Period
American Memory Timeline - from the Learning Page at The Library of Congress, this link will help you connect American history to American literature.
Works Cited
The American Experience. New Jersey. Prentice Hall Literature, 1991.