Category:Novels set in the American colonial era. Popular Colonial America Books. American literature. American literature is the literature written or produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States. During its early history, America was a series of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States. Therefore, its literary tradition begins as linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However, unique American characteristics and the breadth of its production usually now cause it to be considered a separate path and tradition.
Colonial literature[edit] Novels of Nineteenth Century America. For news on the latest reviews, author interviews and additions to this website, see the blog.
Jump to: Young Adult Novels: 19th-Century North America The U.S. and Canada Before 1861Mysteries: Early 19th Century AmericaThe U.S. Civil WarCivil War MysteriesLate 19th Century AmericaMysteries: Late 19th Century America. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Stowe novel, 1852. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly,[1][2] is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman.[3] Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Seminary and an active abolitionist, featured the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters revolve. The sentimental novel depicts the reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings.[4][5][6] The book and the plays it inspired helped popularize a number of stereotypes about black people.[14] These include the affectionate, dark-skinned "mammy"; the "pickaninny" stereotype of black children; and the "Uncle Tom", or dutiful, long-suffering servant faithful to his white master or mistress.
Sources Publication Plot. Category:American Civil War novels. Lincoln. Lincoln (film 2012) Lincoln is a 2012 American epic historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln.[5] The screenplay by Tony Kushner was based in part on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, and covers the final four months of Lincoln's life, focusing on the President's efforts in January 1865 to have the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed by the United States House of Representatives.
Lincoln received widespread critical acclaim, with major praise directed to Day-Lewis's performance. In December 2012, the film was nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director for Spielberg and winning Best Actor (Motion Picture – Drama) for Day-Lewis. Lincoln household Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln[11] Sally Field as First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln[13] White House. The Birth of a Nation. The Clansman, Dixon novel, 1905. First edition cover.
The Birth of a Nation (film, 1915) The Birth of a Nation (originally called The Clansman) is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by D.
W. Griffith and based on the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay (with Frank E. The Birth of a Nation (1915) Gone With the Wind. Mitchell novel, 1936. Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936.
Gone with the Wind (film, 1939) The production of the film was troubled from the start.
Filming was delayed for two years due to David O. Selznick's determination to secure Clark Gable for the role of Rhett Butler, and the "search for Scarlett" led to 1,400 women being interviewed for the part. The original screenplay was written by Sidney Howard, but underwent many revisions by several writers in an attempt to get it down to a suitable length. Steinbeck novel, 1939. The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939.
The book won the National Book Award[2] and Pulitzer Prize[3] for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962.[4] Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, agricultural industry changes and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work. Due to their nearly hopeless situation, and in part because they are trapped in the Dust Bowl, the Joads set out for California. Along with thousands of other "Okies", they sought jobs, land, dignity, and a future.
Plot[edit] The narrative begins just after Tom Joad is paroled from McAlester prison for homicide. The next morning, Tom and Casy go to Uncle John's. The Grapes of Wrath (film 1940) The Grapes of Wrath is a 1940 drama film directed by John Ford.
It was based on John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Nunnally Johnson and the executive producer was Darryl F. Zanuck.[3] The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald novel, 1925. Fitzgerald—inspired by the parties he had attended while visiting Long Island's north shore—began planning the novel in 1923, desiring to produce, in his words, "something new—something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned.
"[3] Progress was slow, with Fitzgerald completing his first draft following a move to the French Riviera in 1924. The Great Gatsby (film, 1974) The Great Gatsby is a 1974 American romantic drama film distributed by Newdon Productions and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by David Merrick, from a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name. Tom Ewell had a minor role as a mourner but it was ultimately edited out of the cinematic release. Top 10 Revolutionary War Movies. Obviously, any attempt to rank films in order is subjective. My opinions may make others cringe. It should also be kept in mind that films are made to make money, not to be models of historical accuracy. However, some films handle the history, and “feel of the times,” better than others.
I have used no standard criteria for judging the films. Rather, I have based my listing on my own appreciation of the films. Please feel free to express your own opinions in the comments below this article. 1 // John Adams – 2008. AWI: Three Films. The war over American independence has been the subject of a number of films through the decades. Mark Glancy considers three pivotal portrayals of the battle. Hollywood has often turned to American history for stirring and patriotic historical films, but the War of Independence has proven to be the most difficult period to portray.
This is not because the conflict between Britain and the American colonies lacks exciting vignettes: the Boston tea party, the first shots fired at Lexington, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and Washington crossing the Delaware are just a few of the noteworthy events that can be dramatised for the screen. Rather, the subject is surrounded by acute sensitivities, and films that engage with it often raise controversies and objections from both critics and audiences. 1. A key problem in making films about the War of Independence is that Americans continue to regard the country’s founding fathers with great reverence.
But is it accurate? 2. 3. Top 10 Revolutionary War Novels. When we speak of history books normally we refer to non-fiction. But, what of fiction? There is a definite place for novels in our understanding of the Revolutionary War. A good, I stress “good,” historical novel puts flesh on the bones of facts. And, they can be a fun read. They also attract many people to history that a non-fiction book would not. Now, I read few historical novels but there are some that I have enjoyed time and time again. Oliver Wiswell – Kenneth Roberts, 1940. Novels of the Eighteenth Century. Category:American Revolutionary War novels. American Revolutionary War Fiction (67 books)