American literature

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)

He wrote adventurous stories• The last of Mohicans

19th century

Walt Whitman (1809-1892)

Poet• Leaves of Grass

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

He wrote very psycology and thrilling books.• The Raven- his best poem• The black cat• The Golden bug• The Pit and the Pendulum

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

• The adventures of Tom Sawyer• The adventures of Huckleberry Finn• The Prince and the Pauper• The Celebrated Jumping Frog • Life on the Mississippi

20th centuryLost Genaration

Ernest Hemingway (1876-1916) He was awarded the nobel prize in 1954• The Oldmen and Sea• A Farewell to arms • For whom the Bell tolls• Fiesta• Death in the afternoon • A moveable feast • Island in the Stream

Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896- 1940)

In his stories are wealthy people• The Great Gatsby- his best novel

Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)• Main Street• Arrowsmith• Babbit

John Steinbeck (1902-1968)Won the Nobel Prize in 1962• The Grapes of Wrath• Of Mice and Men• Tortilla flat

Beat Generation

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)• The scream

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)• On the way