American literature resources

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PERIODS, AUTHORS & BOOKS.

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PERIODS, AUTHORS & BOOKS.

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The Conquers.Puritans.Illustration.Transcendentalis.Romanticisims.Renaissance.

Romantic poetry.Individualism.North & South,

Emancipation & Slavery. The Civil War.

Realism & Naturalism.

Cosmopolitism.

From 1850 to 1900

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Cabeza de Vaca, John Smith. William Fradford, John

Winthrop. Cotton Mather, Johathan

Edwards, Mary Ronaldson. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin

Franklin. Washington Irvin. Ralph W.

Emerson, Henry D. Thoreau. Nathaniel Hawthorne,

Edgar A. Poe, H. Melville.

Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson.

Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Jack London, Frank Norris.

Ambrose Bierce. Stephen Crane, Edith

Warton. Henry James.

From 1850 to 1900

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FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850

THE CONQUERS: Exploring the new continent.

• “Naufragios” by Cabeza de Vaca

• “General History of Virginia” by John Smith

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FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850

PURITANS: Early puritan records.

• “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford

•“A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop

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FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850

PURITANS: Doctrine, semón & captivity narratives.

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FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850

ILLUSTRATION: The creation of a New Nation.

• “Declaration of Independence” by Thomas Jefferson.

• “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” by Benjamin Franklin.

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FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850

TRANSCENDENTALISM: The rise of a National Literature.

• “Tales of the Alhambra” by W. Irving.

• “Self-reliance” by Ralph W. Emerson.

• “Walden” by Henry D. Thoreau

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FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850

ROMANTICISM: An American Renaissance.

• “Rappacini’s Daughter” by N. Hawthorne.

• “The Murders in The Rue Mongue” by E. A. Poe.

• “Moby Dick” by H. Melville

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FROM 1850 TO 1900

ROMANTIC POETRY: Individuality & the self.

• “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” by Walt Whitman.

• “Selected Poems” by Emily Dickinson.

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FROM 1850 TO 1900

INDIVIDUALISM

• “The Luck of Roaring Camp” by Bret Harte.

•“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.

•“What life means to me” by Jack London.

• “The Octopus” by Frank Norris.

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FROM 1850 TO 1900

NORTH & SOUTH, EMANCIPATION & SLAVERY. The Civil War.

• “Chickamauga” by Ambrose Bierce.

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FROM 1850 TO 1900

REALISM & NATURALISM

• “Maggie, A Girl of the Streets” by Stephen Crane.

• “The Age of Innocence” by Edith Wharton.

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FROM 1850 TO 1900

COSMOPOLITANISM: Europe in America.

• “Daisy Miller” by Henry James.

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