American Literary Groups

Romantic Period--(1830-1865)
Agrarians--Bread & Cheese--Knickerbocker Group
Naturalistic and Symbolistic Period--(1902-1911)
Muckrakers--New Humanism--Lost Generation--Harlem Renaissance Period of Conformity and Criticism--(1930-1960)
Beat Generation--Chicago Critics--New Journalism--Black Mt. School
Period of Confessional Self--(1960-2000)
The Beat Generation