1st Edition

Colonial Roots Settlement to 1783

By Jeffrey H. Hacker Copyright 2014
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Colonial Roots: Settlement to 1783 , the first volume in the six-title series History Through Literature: American Voices, American Themes , provides insights and analysis regarding the history, literature, and cultural climate of the nation's formative era. It brings together informational text and primary documents that cover notable historic events and trends, authors, literary works, social... Read more
Chapter 1 The Literature of Colonial America; Chapter 2 Bradford, William(1590'“1657); Chapter 3 Bradstreet, Anne(ca. 1612'“1672); Chapter 4 Common Sense(1776); Chapter 5 Edwards, Jonathan(1703'“1758); Chapter 6 Enlightenment; Chapter 7 Franklin, Benjamin(1706'“1790); Chapter 8 Freneau, Philip(1752'“1832); Chapter 9 Great Awakening; Chapter 10 Jefferson, Thomas(1743'“1826); Chapter 11 Lexington and Concord and the Shot Heard 'Round the World; Chapter 12 Mather, Cotton(1663'“1728); Chapter 13 Poor Richard's Almanack; Chapter 14 Puritanism; Chapter 15 Reading and Literacy; Chapter 16 Rowlandson, Mary(1637'“1711); Chapter 17 Smith, John(1580'“1631); Chapter 18 Theater; Chapter 19 Warren, Mercy Otis(1728'“1814); Chapter 20 Wheatley, Phillis(1753'“1784); Chapter 21 Winthrop, John(1588'“1649); Chapter 22 Witchcraft and Witch Trials;

Biography

Hacker, Jeffrey H.