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A Student's History of American Literature

A Student's History of American Literature

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Number of Chapters: 31

Length: 12 hours and 39 minutes

Language: English

Engaging history of American Lit from the 1600's up through the late 1890's. The author, who was a professor at Knox College, really put a lot into this, combining national history with his love for literature. - Summary by BellonaTimes

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Preface (Bellona Times)
Ch 1. Early Colonial Literature. 1607-1700. Pt. 1.The English in Virginia (Bellona Times)
Ch 1, Pt 2. Pilgrims and Puritans in New England (Bellona Times)
Ch 1, Pt 3. The New England Clergy (Bellona Times)
Ch 1, Pt 4. Puritan Poetry in New England (Bellona Times)
Ch 2. The Eighteenth Century. Pt 1. The First Half of the Century (Bellona Times)
Ch 2, Pt 2. Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1790 (Bellona Times)
Ch 2, Pt 3. The Second Half of the Century (Bellona Times)
Ch 2, Pt 4. Poetry of the Revolution (Bellona Times)
Ch 2, Pt 5. The Close of the Century (Bellona Times)
Ch 3. The Beginning of the Nineteenth Century. Pt 1. The New Literature: The Knickerbocker Group (Bellona Times)
Ch 3, Pt 2. Washington Irving: 1783-1859 (Bellona Times)
Ch 3, Pt 3. James Fenimore Cooper: 1789-1851 (Bellona Times)
Ch 3, Pt 4. William Cullen Bryant: 1794-1878 (Bellona Times)
Ch 4. Philosophy and Romance. Pt 1. The Literary Development of New England (Bellona Times)
Ch 4, Pt 2. Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1803-1882 (Bellona Times)
Ch 4, Pt 3. Henry D. Thoreau: 1817-1862 (Bellona Times)
Ch 4, Pt 4. Nathaniel Hawthorne: 1804-1864 (Bellona Times)
Ch 4, Pt 5. Edgar Allan Poe: 1809-1849 (Bellona Times)
Ch 5. The New England Poets. Pt 1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: 1807-1882 (Bellona Times)
Ch 5, Pt 2. John Greenleaf Whittier: 1807-1892 (Bellona Times)
Ch 5, Pt 3. James Russell Lowell: 1819-1891 (Bellona Times)
Ch 5, Pt 4. Oliver Wendell Holmes: 1809-1894 (Bellona Times)
Ch 6. General Literary Development. Pt 1. The Historians (Bellona Times)
Ch 6, Pt 2. Orators and Statesmen (Bellona Times)
Ch 6, Pt 3. Writers of Pennsylvania and New York (Bellona Times)
Ch 6, Pt 4. Novelists and Humorists (Bellona Times)
Ch 6, Pt 5. Poetry, South and North (Bellona Times)
Ch 7. Recent Years. Pt 1. Scholars and Essayists (Bellona Times)
Ch 7, Pt 2. Poets of this Generation (Bellona Times)
Ch 7, Pt 3. Contemporary Fiction (Bellona Times)
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