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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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