Colonialism and the Revolutionary Period: Beginnings - 1800

by Phillips, Jerry; Anesko, Michael, Ph.D.; Meyes, Karen, Ph.D.

Edition: 2nd

ISBN13: 9781604134858

ISBN10: 1604134852

Format: Hardcover

Pub. Date: 2010-04-01

Publisher(s): Facts on File

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Summary

Now in full color and containing important new material, the updated Backgrounds to American Literature set places the entire span of American literature in its historical, cultural, and social context. Each illustrated, engaging volume explores a particular period's political, religious, cultural, economic, and social trends and discusses how they affected the literature of the time. Accessible and easy-to-use, this revised set is ideal for students seeking a deeper understanding of American literature.

Author Biography

Karen Meyers is an educator and curriculum writer, editor, and author of numerous works of nonfiction. She has a master's degree and a doctorate in literature and has taught literature at the college level for many years.

Preface	p. 4
The First 300 Years	p. 4
The Literature of Puritanism	p. 18
Aspects of Colonial American Culture	p. 33
The Literature of The American Enlightenment	p. 47
The Literature of the American Revolution	p. 60
Literary and Cultural Visions of the New Nation	p. 73
Women's Voices	p. 84
Timeline	p. 110
Glossary of Terms	p. 114
Biographical Glossary	p. 117
Further Reading	p. 123
Index	p. 124
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Covering the first 300 years of American literature, this expanded, updated volume examines the literature of the Puritans, the American Enlightenment, the American Revolution, women of the period, and more. Illustrated in full color for the first time, this new edition serves as a guide to the first era in American literature.Topics include:

Colonial American culture and economy
Traditional Native American literature
Literature of the American Enlightenment
Literature of Puritanism
The expansion of slavery
Literary and cultural visions of the new nation
Women's voices
And more.

Writers covered include:

Charles Brockden Brown
Benjamin Franklin
Philip Freneau
Thomas Jefferson
Cotton Mather
Thomas Paine
Susanna Rowson
Adam Smith
Mercy Otis Warren
Phillis Wheatley
Roger Williams
And many others.

Excerpted from Colonialism and the Revolutionary Period, Beginnings - 1800, Second Edition by D. W. J. Books
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