1st Edition

American Literature in Context 1620-1830

By Stephen Fender Copyright 1983
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

First published between 1982 and 1983, this series examines the peculiarly American cultural context out of which the nation’s literature has developed. Covering the years from 1620 to 1830, this first volume of American Literature in Context examines a range of texts from the writings of the Puritan settlers through the declaration of Independence to the novels of Fenimore Cooper. In doing so,... Read more

General Editor’s Preface; Part One: America as Type and Thing; Introduction; 1. Captain John Smith (1580-1631) 2. Robert Cushman (c. 1599-1625) 3. William Bradford (1590-1657); Part Two: ‘Rise, Wash and Address Powerful Goodness’; 4. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) 5. Thomas Paine (1737-1809) 6. The Declaration of Independence; Part Three: Retrospective Revolutions; 7. Hector St John de Crèvecoeur (1735-1813) 8. Philip Freneau (1752-1832) and Joel Barlow (1754-1812) 9. Washington Irving (1783-1859) 10. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851); Index

Biography

Stephen Fender