Margaret Atwood is the writer of A Handmaid's Tale.
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By the turn of the 21st century, American literature had become a much more complex and inclusive story.
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John Byron is one of the 20th century novelists.
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James Baldwin wrote essays, novels, and plays on race and sexuality throughout his life.
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Flannery O'Connor became, in 1950, the first African American poet to win a Pulitzer Prize.
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J.D. Salinger is one of the authors of contemporary period.
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The Catcher In the Rye was written by J.D. Salinger.
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Harper Lee attempted to bring attention to the racial prejudices in the South with her novel To Kill A Mockingbird.
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This mix of nationalism and skepticism is what defined the Contemporary Period.
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Harper Lee is the writer of the novel 1984.
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The Beat movement was short-lived—starting and ending in the 1950s—but had a lasting influence on American poetry during the contemporary period.
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In the early decades of the contemporary period, American drama was dominated by three men: Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and Edward Albee.
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By the 1970s the face of American drama had begun to change, and it continued to diversify into the 21st century.
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Contemporary history is politically dominated by the Cold War (1945–91) between the United States and Soviet Union whose effects were felt across the world.
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The writer of the "The First Seven Years" is Theodore Roethke.
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The main focus of the Contemporary Period was identity after WWI.
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One of Arthur Miller’s most famous works, The Crucible, tells the story of the Salem witch trials.
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Harper Lee’s first novel was an instant success. To Kill A Mockingbird tells the story of a young girl, who goes by the name of Scout, growing up in the intolerant society of Alabama.
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Dr. Suess is the writer of The First Seven Years.
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The writer of "Courage" is James Baldwin.
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The writer of "Life In His Language" is Alice Walker
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In the 1960s Alice Walker began writing novels, poetry, and short stories that reflected her involvement in the civil rights movement.
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Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg evocatively described the regions—New England and the Midwest, respectively—in which they lived.
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John Steinbeck depicted the difficult lives of migrant workers in Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939).