The Cambridge History of American Literature: Volume 1, 1590-1820Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell Volume I of The Cambridge History of American Literature was originally published in 1997, and covers the colonial and early national periods and discusses the work of a diverse assemblage of authors, from Renaissance explorers and Puritan theocrats to Revolutionary pamphleteers and poets and novelists of the new republic. Addressing those characteristics that render the texts distinctively American while placing the literature in an international perspective, the contributors offer a compelling new evaluation of both the literary importance of early American history and the historical value of early American literature. |
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... novel form , both in England and America , has been particularly important to my understanding of early national literature . In addition to Davidson's work , I wish to acknowl- edge the scholarship of Lennard Davis , Nancy Armstrong ...
... novel form , both in England and America , has been particularly important to my understanding of early national literature . In addition to Davidson's work , I wish to acknowl- edge the scholarship of Lennard Davis , Nancy Armstrong ...
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... novel ) and major authors ( Charles Brockden Brown , Washington Irving , and James Fenimore Cooper ) . Within this traditional framework , Gilmore presents a radical reinterpretation of the literature , one that sets the main- stream in ...
... novel ) and major authors ( Charles Brockden Brown , Washington Irving , and James Fenimore Cooper ) . Within this traditional framework , Gilmore presents a radical reinterpretation of the literature , one that sets the main- stream in ...
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... novel over the drama , print rather than oral culture - gradually eclipsed the allegiances of the past . Gilmore not only records that transformation but uncovers and accounts for the literary - historical dynamics of change . His ...
... novel over the drama , print rather than oral culture - gradually eclipsed the allegiances of the past . Gilmore not only records that transformation but uncovers and accounts for the literary - historical dynamics of change . His ...
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Contents
THE PAPERS OF EMPIRE | 13 |
THE NATURAL INHABITANTS | 37 |
THREE WRITERS OF EARLY AMERICA | 59 |
SETTLEMENTS | 84 |
THE DISPUTE OF THE NEW WORLD | 109 |
TRAVELING IN AMERICA | 126 |
THE FINAL VOYAGE | 149 |
NEW ENGLAND PURITAN LITERATURE | 169 |
RELIGIOUS VOICES | 390 |
WRITING THE REVOLUTION | 426 |
THE LITERATURE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS | 470 |
THE LIMITS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 496 |
THE LITERATURE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY AND EARLY NATIONAL PERIODS | 539 |
LETTERS OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC | 541 |
MAGAZINES CRITICISM AND ESSAYS | 558 |
THE DRAMA | 573 |
THE LANGUAGE OF SALEM WITCHCRAFT | 171 |
THE DREAM OF A CHRISTIAN UTOPIA | 183 |
PERSONAL NARRATIVE AND HISTORY | 205 |
POETRY | 226 |
THE JEREMIAD | 255 |
REASON AND REVIVALISM | 279 |
BRITISHAMERICAN BELLES LETTRES | 307 |
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT 17501820 | 345 |
FINDING THE REVOLUTION | 347 |
WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT? SOME AMERICAN ANSWERS | 368 |
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The Cambridge History of American Literature:, Volume 1; Volumes 1590-1820 Sacvan Bercovitch No preview available - 1994 |
The Cambridge History of American Literature: Volume 1, 1590-1820 Sacvan Bercovitch No preview available - 1997 |
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