What type of literature was being written in the 1850's?

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What type of literature was being written in the 1850's?

2007-09-13 11:23:51 · 3 answers · asked by Suhena 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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Hawthorne publishes The Scarlet Letter, which sells 4,000 copies in the first 10 days and becomes a best seller.
Emerson, Representative Men
Melville, White-Jacket
Susan Warner (1818-85), The Wide, Wide World (domestic fiction)

Check this site for more:
Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events 1820-1900.
www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1850.htm -

2007-09-13 11:37:46 · answer #1 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Transendentalism. Therou, Emerson....

2007-09-13 18:29:05 · answer #2 · answered by Darby L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

trashy romance

2007-09-13 18:29:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋