History of American Literature

About this eBook

Author

Halleck, Reuben Post, 1859-1936

Credits

Produced by Tom Allen, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American literature -- History and criticism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6423

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6423

Release Date

September 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I COLONIAL LITERATURE
4. 4.CHAPTER I — CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, 1579-1631 — LITERARY ACTIVITY IN VIRGINIA COLONY — WILLIAM BRADFORD, 1590-1657 — JOHN WINTHROP, 1588-1649 — THE RELIGIOUS IDEAL — POETRY — NATHANIEL WARD, 1578?-1652 — SAMUEL SEWALL, 1652-1730 — COTTON MATHER, 1663-1728 — JONATHAN EDWARDS, 1703-1758 — ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD — LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS — SUMMARY — REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY — SUGGESTED READINGS — QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER II — THE ESSAYISTS — THE ORATORS — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1706-1790 — JOHN WOOLMAN, 1720-1772 — EARLY AMERICAN FICTION — CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN, 1771-1810 — PHILIP FRENEAU, 1752-1832 — ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD — LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS — SUMMARY — REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY — QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
6. 6.CHAPTER III — DRAKE AND HALLECK — WASHINGTON IRVING, 1783-1859 — JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, 1789-1851 — WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, 1794-1878 — LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS, 1809-1849. — SUMMARY — REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY — QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
7. 7.CHAPTER IV — RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1803-1882 — HENRY DAVID THOREAU, 1817-1862 — NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1804-1864 — HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, 1807-1882 — JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, 1807-1892 — JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, 1819-1891 — OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, 1809-1894 — THE HISTORIANS — ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD — LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS — SUMMARY — REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY — SUGGESTED READINGS
8. 8.CHAPTER V — EDGAR ALLAN POE, 1809-1849 — WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS, 1806-1870 — HENRY TIMROD, 1829-1867 — PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE, 1830-1886 — SIDNEY LANIER, 1842-1881 — FATHER RYAN, 1839-1886 — JOHN BANNISTER TABB, 1845-1909 — JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, 1848-1908 — THOMAS NELSON PAGE, 1853- — GEORGE W. CABLE, 1844- — JAMES LANE ALLEN, 1849- — MARY N. MURFREE (CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK), 1850- — MADISON J. CAWEIN, 1865-1914 — SUMMARY — REFERENCES — SUGGESTED READINGS — QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
9. 9.CHAPTER VI — ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1809-1865 — BRET HARTE, 1839-1902 — EUGENE FIELD, 1850-1895 — JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, 1853-1916 — SAMUEL L. CLEMENS, 1835-1910 — SUMMARY — REFERENCES — SUGGESTED READINGS — QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
10. 10.CHAPTER VII — WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, 1837-1920 — HENRY JAMES, 1843-1916 — MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN, 1862- — WALT WHITMAN, 1819-1892 — SUMMARY — REFERENCES — SUGGESTED READINGS — QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
11. 11.A GLANCE BACKWARD
12. 12.SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF AUTHORS AND THEIR CHIEF WORKS — EASTERN AUTHORS — SOUTHERN AUTHORS — WESTERN AUTHORS

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