Studies in literary types in seventeenth century America (1607-1710)
By: In two parts. By Josephine K. Piercy
Series: Yale studies in English -- v. 91; Yale studies in English -- 91
Publisher: Yale university press; H. Milford, Oxford university press
Published: 1939
Place of publication: New Haven; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: American prose literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Literary types: "The times opinionists." "The latest newes." The almanac. The scientific essay. Personal essay. Personal records. Dedications, prefaces, introductions. Satire and invective. Meditations. The sermon and religious discourse. The beginnings of biography. Cotton Mather.; title: pt. II. Influences: Literary forms. Seventeenth century prose style. The classical inheritance. "The times opinionists" answered.; title: Appendix A: Almanacs (in chronological order) Appendix B: S. Danforth, An astronomical description of the late comet (1665) Appendix C: Cotton Mather, Of poetry and of style. Samuel Sewall, On slavery. Thomas Thacher, A brief rule against small pocks