American Literatures Prior to 1865 / Scott D. Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Scott D., author.

Series:

Open textbook library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Textbooks.

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (671 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : University of Missouri - St. Louis, 2022.

Summary:

This work was created as part of the University Libraries' Open Educational Resources Initiative at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. A web version of this text can be found at https://umsystem.pressbooks.pub/alpt1865/. This anthology of American Literatures Prior to 1865, is organized chronologically into four units, focusing on Colonial Literature, Literature of Native American Perspectives and Discovery, Literature of Nineteenth Century Reform, and Literature of the New Nation. It includes introductions to the many authors included to enhance the reader's contextual understanding of the chosen texts. This anthology is essential reading for any student or scholar of Early American literature.

Contents:

Introduction

Unit I. Colonial Literature- Puritan Beginnings

Smith, Bradford, & Morton

Unit II. Colonial Literature

Puritan Beginnings

Winthrop, Bradstreet, & Sewall

Unit III. Colonial Literature- Puritan Beginnings

Mather, Williams, & Rowlandson

Unit IV. Colonial Literature

Of the Revolution

Franklin, Crevecoeur, Paine

Unit V. Colonial Literature

Jefferson & the Federalist Paper

Unit VI. Colonial Literature

John & Abigail Adams- John Adams & Thomas Jefferson

Unit VII. Colonial Literature

Wheatley, Pontiac, & Occom

Unit VIII. Literature of Native American Perspectives and Discovery

Seneca & Iroquois

Unit IX. Literature of Native American Perspectives and Discovery

Pima, Cherokee, Penobscot, & Passamquoddy

Unit X. Literature of Native American Perspectives and Discovery

Peyote Cult & Origin of Disease and Medicine

Unit XI. Literature of Native American Perspectives and Discovery

De Vaca & The Pueblo Revolt of 1680

Unit XII. Literature of Nineteenth Century Reform

Garrison & Grimke

Unit XIII. Literature of Nineteenth Century Reform

Whittier & Child

Unit XIV. Literature of Nineteenth Century Reform

Stanton & Fern

Unit XV. Literature of Nineteenth Century Reform -Davis & Douglass

Unit XVI. Literature of Nineteenth Century Reform -Equiano, Truth & Stowe

Unit XVII. Literature of the New Nation

Irving & Cooper

Unit XVIII. Literature of the New Nation -Emerson o& Thoreau

Unit XX. Literature of the New Nation

Hawthorne Blithedale Romance

Unit XXI. Literature of the New Nation Melville

Unit XXII. Literature of the New Nation Melville

"Benito Cereno" Part II

Unit XXIII. Literature of the New Nation Poe

Unit XXIV. Literature of the New Nation Poe (Continued).

Notes:

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