American Literature I

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kurtz, Jenifer, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--Textbooks.

Humanities.

History--Textbooks.

History.

Rhetoric--Textbooks.

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] VIVA [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book offers an anthology of texts that includes letters, journals, poetry, newspaper articles, pamphlets, sermons, narratives, and short fiction written in and about America beginning with collected oral stories from Native American tribes and ending with the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Many major and minor authors are included, providing a sampling of the different styles, topics, cultures, and concerns present during the formation and development of America through the mid-nineteenth century.

Contents:

I. Literature of Exploration and Discovery

II. Literature of Colonial America

III. Literature of the Revolutionary Period

IV. Literature of the New Nation

V. Literature of the Romantic Era

VI. Literature of Nineteenth Century Reform

Notes:

Description based on print resource