Is a passion of mine. Steinbeck is probably one of my favorite authors of all time.

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Does Hemingway count as "modern"....??

I wouldn't really know if I've read anything that people would consider modern American Literature.

Salman Rushdie for the "rest of world" category.

The only other modern literature I constantly read are Performance Bikes, Dirt Rider, Planet F1, FHM and Maxim.

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I am a fan of all sorts of literature, though in the American category, I like to keep it super modern. (The Grapes of Wrath, right right.)

Though, a personal favorite of mine currently is The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. Perhaps too modern. 😉

I worship Steinbeck, his book Tortilla Flat ignited my love for american novelists and short-story writers. My favourite (American) authors would be:

Steinbeck
Hemingway
Capote
Bukowski
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Is William Gibson considered Modern American Lit?

I dunno since I left high/secondary school I haven't really ready any "classic" modern literature... though I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the Steinbeck books I was forced to read for my English course. 🙂

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Does Hemingway count as "modern"....??

I wouldn't really know if I've read anything that people would consider modern American Literature.

Modern American Literature is colloquially termed as literature written between around 1900-1910 to around1945-1955 (though sometimes, you can finagle the boundaries to make something fit). So yes, Hemingway counts.

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Modern American Literature is colloquially termed as literature written between around 1900-1910 to around1945-1955 (though sometimes, you can finagle the boundaries to make something fit). So yes, Hemingway counts.

Wait a sec.... how can something that ended around 1955 be considered modern??
Then what's year 2000 literature called?... Post-modern??....

That's like saying Duran Duran and M.C Hammer are modern. (Ugh!!)

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Can't think of any of it that I liked, and I've read plenty (AP English classes in HS, and an English minor in college...). Maybe I'd like it better now, but I doubt it. 🤢

Oh wait, Catcher in the Rye was pretty good...hmmm...also To Kill a Mockingbird...maybe I'll come up with more the longer I think about it.

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Modern American Literature is colloquially termed as literature written between around 1900-1910 to around1945-1955 (though sometimes, you can finagle the boundaries to make something fit). So yes, Hemingway counts.

Wait a sec.... how can something that ended around 1955 be considered modern??
Then what's year 2000 literature called?... Post-modern??....

That's like saying Duran Duran and M.C Hammer are modern. (Ugh!!)

Around 1965-Present is considered Contemporary literature. Personally, I think literature is in a transitory point right now, so I don't know what the former contemporary age of literature will be called.

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Mine are G. Orwell and J.D. Salinger but I'm not sure if they qualify 😕

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Mine are G. Orwell and J.D. Salinger but I'm not sure if they qualify 😕

I'm not a huge Salinger fan, but I like some of his work. And I'm not sure of the former, but the latter certainly meets the criteria (though most of his work was written in a transitory period).

Read the above post of mine on the stipulations of literary eras.

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Mine are G. Orwell and J.D. Salinger but I'm not sure if they qualify 😕

Orwell is English.

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Mine are G. Orwell and J.D. Salinger but I'm not sure if they qualify 😕

Orwell is English.

Ooops! Yeah, I just googled it...

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Mine are G. Orwell and J.D. Salinger but I'm not sure if they qualify 😕

Orwell is English.

Ooops! Yeah, I just googled it...

If you liked Orwells '1984' check out 'A Brave New World' by Aldous Huxely similar dystopia society but a lot closer to reality than anything in 1984.