Initial Studies in American Letters

About this eBook

Author

Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin), 1847-1926

Credits

E-text prepared by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American literature -- History and criticism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15854

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15854

Release Date

May 18, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.INITIAL STUDIES IN AMERICAN LETTERS — PREFACE. — CONTENTS.
2. 2.INITIAL STUDIES IN AMERICAN LETTERS. — CHAPTER I.
3. 3.CHAPTER II. — THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD.
4. 4.CHAPTER III.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV.
6. 6.CHAPTER V.
7. 7.CHAPTER VI.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII.
9. 9.APPENDIX. — COTTON MATHER.
10. 10.JONATHAN EDWARDS.
11. 11.THE WRATH OF GOD.
12. 12.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. — PAYING TOO DEAR FOR THE WHISTLE.
13. 13.PHILIP FRENEAU.
14. 14.DANIEL WEBSTER. — SOUTH CAROLINA AND MASSACHUSETTS.
15. 15.WASHINGTON IRVING.
16. 16.JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.
17. 17.WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. — THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS. — THE UNIVERSAL TOMB.
18. 18.RALPH WALDO EMERSON. — IDEALISM. — THE RHODORA.[1] — HYMN.
19. 19.NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
20. 20.HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. — THE OCCULTATION OF ORION. — DANTE.
21. 21.JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
22. 22.OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. — THE LAST LEAF. — MY AUNT.
23. 23.EDGAR ALLAN POE. — TO ONE IN PARADISE. — FROM "THE FALL OP THE HOUSE OF USHER."
24. 24.NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS. — NAHANT.
25. 25.HENRY DAVID THOREAU.
26. 26.WALT WHITMAN. — O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
27. 27.JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. — THE PIOUS EDITOR'S CREED.
28. 28.EDWARD EVERETT HALE.
29. 29.FITZ-GREENE HALLECK. — ON THE DEATH OF JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
30. 30.CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE.
31. 31.SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS.
32. 32.INDEX.

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