"American literature in its historical, cultural, and social contexts"--Cover.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (page 94) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The first 300 years -- The literature of Puritanism -- Aspects of Colonial American culture -- The literature of the American enlightenment -- The literature of the American Revolution -- Literary and cultural visions of the new nation.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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As American literature developed it was influenced by a number of factors, such as the wilderness, religious beliefs, ideas about morality, and Enlightenment philosophy. Covering the first 300 years of American literature as well as the literature of the Puritans, American Enlightenment, American Revolution, and more, this volume discusses the writers and works of the American Colonial and Revolutionary periods. Writers covered include: Joel Barlow William Bradford Anne Dudley Bradstreet Hannah Webster Foster Olaudah Equiano Cotton Mather Thomas Paine Edward Taylor Phillis Wheatley Roger Williams John Winthrop and more.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American literature-- 1783-1850-- History and criticism.
American literature-- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775-- History and criticism.
American literature-- Revolutionary period, 1775-1783-- History and criticism.
Colonies in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Revolutionary literature, American-- History and criticism.
American literature-- Colonial period.
American literature-- Revolutionary period (United States)
American literature.
Colonies in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Intellectual life.
Literatur
Revolutionary literature, American.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Literature and the revolution.