Major writers of early American literature.
By: Everett Emerson, editor.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1972
Place of publication: [Madison]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism; American literature -- Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 -- History and criticism; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Colonies in literature; United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century; United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Description: An outstanding collection of original critical essays by distinguished specialists, this book is both a chronological survey of nearly 200 years of American literature and an exciting reappraisal of the major figures of that period. Includes works from Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, William Bryd, Anne Bradstreet, William Bradford, and others.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: William Bradford, by D. Levin.; title: Anne Bradstreet, by A. Stanford.; title: Edward Taylor, by D. E. Stanford.; title: Cotton Mather, by S. Bercovitch.; title: William Byrd, by R. B. Davis.; title: Jonathan Edwards, by D. B. Shea, Jr.; title: Benjamin Franklin, by J. A. L. LeMay.; title: Philip Freneau, by L. Leary.; title: Charles Brockden Brown, by D. A. Ringe.