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1590–1820

Series The Cambridge History of American Literature, Volume 1

Edited by Sacvan Bercovitch and Cyrus R. K. Patell

Publication Date 1994

Hardback ISBN-13
9780521301053

Hardback ISBN-10
052130105X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521301053

Overview

Volume I 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.

For more details of the
print book, and how to buy it online, please see
1590–1820 in the Cambridge University Press online
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Frontmatter

Introduction

The Literature of Colonization

New England Puritan Literature

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The American Enlightenment, 1750–1820

The Literature of the Revolutionary and Early National Periods

Chronology
by
Cyrus R. K. Patell

Bibliography

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