American Authors

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Born on July 4, 1804 & Died on May 19, 1864

Dark Romanticism – American

Significant Works:

• The Scarlet Letter
• Young Goodman Brown
• The Birthmark
• Rappaccini’s Daughter

Edgar Allen Poe

Born on January 19, 1809 & Died on October 7, 1849

Dark Romanticism – American Gothic Literature

Significant Works:

• Annabel Lee
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Raven

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Born on June 14, 1811 & Died on July 1, 1896

Female Author – American Abolitionist

Significant Works:

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Born on September 24, 1896 & Died on December 21, 1940

Roaring 20’s – part of “Lost Generation”

Significant works:

• Babylon Revisited
• Benjamin Button
• The Great Gatsby