Colonial literature, 1607-1776 / Benjamin Franklin V.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1939-

Series:

Research guide to American literature ; 1.

Research guide to American literature ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Research--Methodology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

American literature.

American literature--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 250 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Facts On File, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The new Research Guide to American Literature is a series of handbooks for students that provides strategies for studying and writing about frequently taught literary topics. Each volume contains dozens of study guides, each of which examines a particular work, author, movement, or theme, providing the necessary background information, suggesting fruitful areas of research, and listing the best secondary sources.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Series Introduction""; ""Part 1: Overview""; ""Boundaries of the Period""; ""Dominant Genres and Literary Forms""; ""Historical and Social Context""; ""Literary Influences""; ""Evolution of Critical Period""; ""Part II: Study Guides on General Topics""; ""Biography""; ""Dissent""; ""Drama""; ""Essays and Newspapers""; ""Histories""; ""Indians and Captivity Narratives""; ""Poetry""; ""Politics (Massachusetts)""; ""Religion""; ""Women Authors""; ""Part III: Study Guides on Works and Writers""; ""William Bradford: History of Plymouth Plantation""

""Anne Bradstreet (circa (1612-1672)""""Mather Byles (1707-1788)""; ""William Byrd II (1674-1744)""; ""Charles Chauncy (1705-1787)""; ""Benjamin Colman (1673-1747)""; ""Ebenezer Cook (circa 1667-1732)""; ""John Cotton (1584-1652)""; ""John Dickinson (1732-1808)""; ""Jonathan Edwards: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God""; ""Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard. An Almanack""; ""Cotton Mather (1663-1728)""; ""Increase Mather (1639-1723)""; ""Richard Mather (1596-1669)""; ""Jonathan Mayhew (1720-1766)""; ""Thomas Morton (circa 1579-1647)""; ""Samson Occom: S. Ocom's Account of Himself""

""William Penn (1644-1718)""""Mary Rowlandson: The Soveraignty & Goodness of God""; ""Samuel Sewall (1652-1730)""; ""John Smith (1580-1631)""; ""Solomon Stoddard (1643-1729)""; ""Edward Taylor (1642-1729)""; ""Benjamin Tompson (1642-1714)""; ""John Trumbull (1750-1831)""; ""Nathaniel Ward (circa 1578-1652)""; ""Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814)""; ""Phillis Wheatley (circa 1753-1784)""; ""Michael Wigglesworth: The Day of Doom""; ""Roger Williams (circa 1603-1683)""; ""John Winthrop (1588-1649)""; ""John Woolman (1720-1772)""; ""Part IV: Annotated Bibliography""; ""Part V: Glossary""; ""Index""

Notes:

"A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612792496

9781282792494

1282792490

9780816078615

0816078610

OCLC:

647901960