Description |
xv, 636 p. ; 26 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Literature of exploration / E. Thomson Shields Jr. -- Captain John Smith / Steven Olsen-Smith -- Promotion literature / Karen Schramm -- Puritan historians and historiography / Naoki Onishi -- New England poetry / Ronald A. Bosco and Jillmarie Murphy -- Captivity literature / Lorrayne Carroll -- Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening / Thomas S. Kidd -- Augustan American verse / Chris Beyers -- Picaresque travel narratives / Daniel Royot -- Dr. Alexander Hamilton / Kevin J. Hayes -- Indian voices in early American literature / Joshua David Bellin -- Scientific discourse / Susan Scott Parrish -- Newspapers and magazines / Christine A. Modey -- Print and manuscript culture / Carla Mulford -- Early American libraries / Sarah Fatherly -- Diaries / Kevin J. Berland -- Early American autobiography / Susan Clair Imbarrato -- Early American slave narratives / April Langley -- Benjamin Franklin / Kevin J. Hayes -- Early American drama / Jason Shaffer -- Literature of politics / Frank Shuffelton -- Revolutionary verse / Colin Wells -- Beginnings of the American novel / Melissa J. Homestead -- Crèvecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer / David J. Carlson -- History as literature / Ed White -- Place of natural history in early American literature / Kevin J. Hayes. |
Subject |
American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 -- History and criticism.
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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Added Author |
Hayes, Kevin J., editor.
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Added Title |
Handbook of early American literature |
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Early American literature |
ISBN |
9780195187274 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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019518727X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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