| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 780 pages) |
| Contents |
The Literature of Colonization -- The Papers of Empire / Myra Jehlen -- The Natural Inhabitants / Myra Jehlen -- Three Writers of Early America / Myra Jehlen -- Settlements / Myra Jehlen -- The Dispute of the New World / Myra Jehlen -- Traveling in America / Myra Jehlen -- The Final Voyage / Myra Jehlen -- New England Puritan Literature -- The Language of Salem Witchcraft / Emory Elliott -- The Dream of a Christian Utopia / Emory Elliott -- Personal Narrative and History / Emory Elliott -- Poetry / Emory Elliott -- The Jeremiad / Emory Elliott -- Reason and Revivalism / Emory Elliott -- No heading found -- British-American Belles Lettres / David S. Shields -- The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820 -- Finding the Revolution / Robert A. Ferguson -- What is Enlightenment? Some American Answers / Robert A. Ferguson -- Religious Voices / Robert A. Ferguson -- Writing the Revolution / Robert A. Ferguson -- The Literature of Public Documents / Robert A. Ferguson -- The Limits of Enlightenment / Robert A. Ferguson -- The Literature of the Revolutionary and Early National Periods -- Letters of the Early Republic / Michael T. Gilmore -- Magazines, Criticism, and Essays / Michael T. Gilmore -- The Drama / Michael T. Gilmore -- Poetry / Michael T. Gilmore -- The Novel / Michael T. Gilmore -- Charles Brockden Brown / Michael T. Gilmore -- Washington Irving / Michael T. Gilmore -- James Fenimore Cooper / Michael T. Gilmore -- Chronology / Cyrus R.K. Patell |
| Summary |
'The Cambridge History of American Literature' addresses the spectrum of changing directions in American writing; volume I covers the colonial and early national periods, and will be an indispensable guide for scholars and advanced students |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed 10 July, 2009) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bercovitch, Sacvan
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| ISBN |
9781139054690 |
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1139054694 |
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9780511467257 |
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0511467257 |
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9781139054690 |
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