History of American Literature
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Chapters (99)
- HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I COLONIAL LITERATURE
- HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE CHAPTER I
- CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, 1579-1631
- LITERARY ACTIVITY IN VIRGINIA COLONY
- WILLIAM BRADFORD, 1590-1657
- JOHN WINTHROP, 1588-1649
- THE RELIGIOUS IDEAL
- POETRY
- NATHANIEL WARD, 1578?-1652
- SAMUEL SEWALL, 1652-1730
- COTTON MATHER, 1663-1728
- JONATHAN EDWARDS, 1703-1758
- ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD
- LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
- CHAPTER II
- THE ESSAYISTS
- THE ORATORS
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1706-1790
- JOHN WOOLMAN, 1720-1772
- EARLY AMERICAN FICTION
- CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN, 1771-1810
- PHILIP FRENEAU, 1752-1832
- ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD
- LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
- QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
- CHAPTER III
- DRAKE AND HALLECK
- WASHINGTON IRVING, 1783-1859
- JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, 1789-1851
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, 1794-1878
- LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS, 1809-1849.
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
- QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
- CHAPTER IV
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1803-1882
- HENRY DAVID THOREAU, 1817-1862
- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1804-1864
- HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, 1807-1882
- JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, 1807-1892
- JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, 1819-1891
- OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, 1809-1894
- THE HISTORIANS
- ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD
- LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- CHAPTER V
- EDGAR ALLAN POE, 1809-1849
- WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS, 1806-1870
- HENRY TIMROD, 1829-1867
- PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE, 1830-1886
- SIDNEY LANIER, 1842-1881
- FATHER RYAN, 1839-1886
- JOHN BANNISTER TABB, 1845-1909
- JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, 1848-1908
- THOMAS NELSON PAGE, 1853-
- GEORGE W. CABLE, 1844-
- JAMES LANE ALLEN, 1849-
- MARY N. MURFREE (CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK), 1850-
- MADISON J. CAWEIN, 1865-1914
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
- CHAPTER VI
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1809-1865
- BRET HARTE, 1839-1902
- EUGENE FIELD, 1850-1895
- JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, 1853-1916
- SAMUEL L. CLEMENS, 1835-1910
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
- CHAPTER VII
- WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, 1837-1920
- HENRY JAMES, 1843-1916
- MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN, 1862-
- WALT WHITMAN, 1819-1892
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
- A GLANCE BACKWARD
- SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF AUTHORS AND THEIR CHIEF WORKS
- EASTERN AUTHORS
- SOUTHERN AUTHORS
- WESTERN AUTHORS
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