Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurant, Wendy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Textbooks.

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of North Georgia Press [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution. Featuring sixty-nine authors and full texts of their works, the selections in this open anthology represent the diverse voices in early American literature. This completely-open anthology will connect students to the conversation of literature that is embedded in American history and has helped shaped its culture. Features: Contextualizing introductions from Pre- and Early Colonial Literature to Early American Romanticism Over 70 historical images In-depth biographies of each author Instructional Design, including Reading and Review Questions This textbook is an open Educational Resource. It can be reused, remixed, and reedited freely without seeking permission.

Contents:

Part One: Pre- and Early Colonial Literature

Part Two: Seventeenth Century English Colonial Literature

Part Three: Revolutionary and Early National Period Literature

Part Four: Nineteenth Century Romanticism and Transcendentalism

Notes:

Description based on print resource