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entirely separate c0mmuuities There
was no national life, and the it,
eramre Of the Colonial Period had
its beginning In no one center or
group Of mon.
The Literature of New England
was throughout the Colonial Period
Of a religious nature and the only
questions of interest were questions
Of theology The most prominent
the clergy was R0dger VIII
liams and John Elliott "the apostle
20 The Indians and The Mathers,
father and son VINO were men of
rare mental power and who wrote
many volumes of sermons. The
three great names during the Col
onial Period we're. Cotton Mather,
(lG68-l72S). Jonathan Edwards,
G703-l75Sl and Benjamin Franklin
G7i6-l79O) The celebrated book
hy Mather was Magnolia Christi
Americana, Jonathan Edwards prin-
ciual book was Inquiry into the
Freedom OF the Will" while the best
known works Of Franklin are his
Autobiography. Father Ahraham's
Speech and poor Richards Al
manac
BY the middle Of the 18th cen
fury great changes were noted m
he character Of the colonies They
had become closer neighbors and had
found that they had much IN COM
mon. The old isolation was broken
down and with a united voice they
protested against foreign injustice.
u = - s...r .
Colonial Period was purely theolog
icRl while that Of the Revolutionary
Period was political. The writers
of the day denounced tyranny and
for liberty and self re-
lance and thus laid the foundations |
Of our national literature. Some of !
ne leaders Of the period were James /
Otis. Patrick Henery. jefferson,
Monroe, Alexander Hamil-
ton.
During the period of the Repub-
lie, in the midst Of which we are /
working out today our ideals, we
lind the following names standing
out in 1.-The making Of a literature /
that shall be a factor in all the ac-
tivities OF the nation. The principal
writers during the pioneer period OF
American Literature were Washing
ton Irwin, Paulding, c. COPPER
Hallek, William Cullen Bryant,
Allen Poe, and Drake. The second
group includes minor poets as well I
rs the great theologian Claiming
he poet and painter Allston and
Henry Dana, who for many years
was editor Of the North American I
Review. The third group Of New
England writers includes Emerson, I
Longfellow, Whittier, /
Lowell, Holmes, and 60 these may I
be added Louise Alcott, Henry Tho I
reau, Claiming. Parker, Ripley and
and Edna Fuller. Notable among
writer's were MacMaster,
Prescott, Iickling and Motley. The
Period since the Civil War has
been one Of great productiveness in
literary fields and continues 10
how an increasing. rather than a
tendency.
With the dawn Of the Twentieth
Century, We have no promise Of a
literature equal in quality with the
,est product during the 10 cen
ury, but the number Of those who
an write Wtl - tNittNsUkil itfftf /
fiction and short story writers are
ound in William Dean Howell's.
md Henry James Jr. Contemporan-
'ous with these are Thomas Bailey,
,ldrich, and Edmond Stcdmnn. u
Fiction has been the favorite form
4 writing during the past few de-
AIDES and the south may well be
lroud " such writer's as George
n. Gable. James lane Allen. Thorn
- Page. and Winston Churchill.
The three periods ~ Americans
ave been briefly sketched. the Col.
lnlal Period lasting two hundred
ears or more, when literary efforts
we're confined 10 feeble imitation
4 European models. the period ~
he Revolution. when there was a
'Foat unrest and little creative zen.
n. The third hat N the Nepuhll., /
literature sllll In the making, vhl D
> destined IL rank a. the years ~
y ullh ufsn The greatest
Gas - the mass beautiful saeial
vents - The 1eanan occurred lat
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