Modernism

1915-1946
This type of writing is one of the most experimental types. Modernist authors used of fragments, stream of consciousness, and interior dialogue. The main thing that authors were trying to achieve wit h Modernism was a unique style, one that they could stand out for, and be known for. During this period Technology was taking incredible leaps and two World Wars took place, there was destruction of a global scale. The younger generation began to take over the main stage. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) Hemingway won a Pulitzer Prize and Noble Peace Price for Literature. He used concise, direct, spare, objective, Some of his works include; The Sun precise, rhythmic writing styles to create larger than life heroes, big game hunters, etc.

Also Rises, published in 1922; A Farewell To Arms published in 1929; For Whom the Bell Tolls, published in 1940.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Fitzgerald wrote about the times. In his novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, he wrote about the roaring twenties, a time when no one cared about the future and they had fun with what they had then. Some of his other works include;

The Side of Paradise, published in 1920; and The Beautiful and the Damned, published in 1922.
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) Steinbeck wrote about the both the pains and joys of life.

The Grapes of Wraith, published in 1939, his most well known

work told the story of families ring to survive and stay together during the depression. In other works like Tortilla Flat, published in 1935, Steinbeck wrote about the joys of life. Some of his other works include; East of Eden, published in 1952;

Of Mice and Men, published in 1937; and The Pearl,

published in 1947. Robert Frost (1874-1963) Americas best known and most loved poet, Frost wrote his poems in a traditional verse form. He used the plain speech of rural New Englanders. Some of his works include; Death of

the Hired Man, published in 1951; Birches, published in 1920; and The Road Not Taken, published in 1920.

Contemporary
1946 present
In the years since the Modernism period, American authors have begun to write from a plethora of genres. Americans have realized that the best way to go is have many authors writing whatever it is they are best at. Thats exactly what has happened; there are more different types of writing being done at one time than at any other period in history; Fantasy, fiction, science fiction, horror, Political writings, romantics, plays, and poems, anything and everything. J. D. Salinger (b.1919) Salinger studied at NYU, and Columbia University. After which he decided to devote his life to his writing. His writing career was interrupted by World War I, where he served in the U.S. Army. His most well known work was his novel Catcher in

the Rye, published in 1951, a novel about a high school student who tries to run away from his life that he thinks is phony. Some of his works are A Perfect Day for Bananafish published in 1948; For Esm With Love and Squalor, published
in 1950. Stephen King (b.1947)

King write novels that frighten people. Some of his major works are; Carrie published in 1974; The Shining, published in 1998; Salem's Lot, published in 1993; and The Stand, published in 1991.

Joyce Carol Oates (b.1938) Oates received a type writer at the age of fourteen and trained herself to write novel after novel through high school and college. She earned an M.A. in English at the University of Wisconsin. Some of her works include; Blonde, published in 2000; Wonderland, published in 1971; and The Tattooed Girl, published in 2003.

Robert Jordan (b.1948) He went to the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, where he received a degree in physics. Jordans main area of expertise is in the genre of fantasy. He is currently in the process of writing a series of novel entitled The Wheel of

Time, some of the novels from this series are, The Eye of the World, published in 1990; Crossroads of Twilight, published in 2003; and The Novel: New Spring published in 2004.