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General References

Adams, H. B. Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia. 1888.

Fiske, John. The Critical Period of American History. Chap. ii. 1888.

Otis, William Bradley. American Verse, 1625–1807. 1909.

Patterson, Samuel White. The Spirit of the American Revolution as Revealed in the Poetry of the Period (contains good bibliography). 1915.

Richardson, C. F. American Literature. Chaps. i, vi, viii. 1887.

Tucker, S. M. In chap. ix of Cambridge History of American Literature, Vol. I, Bk. I.

Tyler, M. C. The Literary History of the American Revolution, chaps. ix, xix, xx, xxi, xxvi, xxviii, xxix, xxxi, xxxii. 1897.

Van Tyne, C. H. The Loyalists in the American Revolution. 1902.

Wendell, Barrett. Literary History of America, chaps. vii, viii, ix. 1900.

For spirit of the times read Familiar Letters of John and Abigail Adams. 1876.

General Bibliography

Cambridge History of American Literature, Vol. I, pp. 457–467.

Individual Authors

Francis Hopkinson. Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings. 1792. 3 vols. The latter half of the third volume contains in separate paging (1–204) his Poems on Several Subjects. (There has been no reprinting.)

Available Edition

The Old Farm and the New Farm: a Political Allegory (edited by B. J. Lossing). 1864.

Biography and Criticism

Hildeburn, C. R. A Biographical Sketch of Francis Hopkinson. 1878.

Marble, Mrs. A. R. Francis Hopkinson, Man of Affairs and Letters. New England Magazine, Vol. XXVII, p. 289.

Tyler, M. C. The Literary History of the American Revolution, Vol. I, chap. viii, pp. 163–171; chap. xii, pp. 279–292; chap. xxii, pp. 487–490; and Vol. II, chap. xxx, pp. 130–157.

Collections

Boynton, Percy H. American Poetry, pp. 35–42, 604–606.

Cairns, W. B. Early American Writers, pp. 372–383.

Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L. Cyclopedia of American Literature, Vol. I, pp. 209–219.

Stedman and Hutchinson. Library of American Literature, Vol. III, pp. 236–251.

John Trumbull. Poetical Works. 2 vols. Hartford, 1820. Progress of Dulness. Part I, The Rare Adventures of Tom Brainless, 1772; Part II, The Life and Character of Dick Hairbrain of Finical Memory, 1773; Part III, The Adventures of Miss Harriet Simper, 1773. M’Fingal: a Modern Epic Poem. Canto I; or, The Town Meeting (includes what is now Cantos I and II). 1776. Completed with Cantos III and IV. 1782.

Available Edition

M’Fingal; an Epic Poem (edited by B. J. Lossing). 1860, 1864, 1881.

Collections

Boynton, Percy H. American Poetry, pp. 43–57, 58–88, 606–610, 611–614.

Cairns, W. B. Early American Writers, pp. 395–408.

Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L. Cyclopedia of American Literature, Vol. I, pp. 308–319.

Stedman and Hutchinson. Library of American Literature, Vol. III, pp. 422–429; Vol. IV, pp. 89–92.

Philip Freneau. Poems. Printed for the Princeton Historical Association. F. L. Pattee, editor. 1902–1907. 3 vols.

Available Edition

Poems of Philip Freneau relating to the American Revolution. E. A. Duyckinck, editor. 1865.

Bibliography

A volume compiled by Victor H. Paltsits. 1903.

Biography and Criticism

Austin, Mary S. Philip Freneau, the Poet of the Revolution. 1901.

Delancey, E. F. Philip Freneau, the Huguenot Patriot-Poet, etc. Proceedings of the Huguenot Soc. of Amer., Vol. II, No. 2. 1891.

Forman, Samuel E. The Political Activities of Philip Freneau. Johns Hopkins University Studies, Ser. 20, Nos. 9, 10. 1902.

Collections

Boynton, Percy H. American Poetry, pp. 89–117, 614–618.

Cairns, W. B. Early American Writers, pp. 431–448.

Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L. Cyclopedia of American Literature, Vol. I, pp. 327–348.

Stedman and Hutchinson. Library of American Literature, Vol. III, pp. 445–457.

Timothy Dwight. There are no recent editions of Dwight. These appeared originally as follows: The Conquest of Canaan, 1784; The Triumph of Infidelity, 1788; Greenfield Hill, 1794; Travels in New England and New York, 1823.

Biography and Criticism

Dwight, W. T. and S. E. Memoir prefixed to Dwight’s Theology. 4 vols.

Sprague, W. B. The Life of Timothy Dwight, in Vol. XIV of Sparks’s Library of American Biography.

Sprague, W. B. Annals of the American Pulpit, Vol. II.

Tyler, M. C. Three Men of Letters, pp. 72–127. 1895.

Introduction to the Poems of Philip Freneau (edited by F. L. Pattee), Vol. I, pp. c, ci. 1902.

Collections

Boynton, Percy H. American Poetry, pp. 118–124, 618–621.

Cairns, W. B. Early American Writers, pp. 409–420.

Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L. Cyclopedia of American Literature, Vol. I, pp. 357–365.

Stedman and Hutchinson. Library of American Literature, Vol. III, pp. 426–429 and 463–483.

Joel Barlow. His epic is accessible only in early editions. His poetical work appeared originally as follows: The Vision of Columbus, 1787; The Columbiad, 1807; Hasty Pudding, 1847.

Biography and Criticism

Todd, C. B. Life and Letters of Joel Barlow. 1886.

Tyler, M. C. Three Men of Letters, pp. 131–180. 1895.

Collections

Boynton, Percy H. American Poetry, pp. 125–135, 621–624.

Cairns, W. B. Early American Writers, pp. 421–430.

Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L. Cyclopedia of American Literature, Vol. I, pp. 391–404.

Stedman and Hutchinson. Library of American Literature, Vol. III, pp. 422–429, and Vol. IV, pp. 46–57.

Literary Treatment of the Period

Drama

In Representative Plays by American Dramatists (edited by M. J. Moses), Vol. I. 1918.

The Group; a Farce, by Mrs. Mercy Warren.

The Battle of Bunker’s Hill, by H. H. Brackenridge.

The Fall of British Tyranny; or, American Liberty, by John Leacock.

The Politician Outwitted, by Samuel Low.

The Contrast, by Royall Tyler.3

André, by William Dunlap.[3]

Fiction

Churchill, Winston. Richard Carvel.

Cooper, J. F. Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of Boston.

Cooper, J. F. The Pilot.

Cooper, J. F. The Spy.

Ford, P. L. Janice Meredith.

Harte, Bret. Thankful Blossom.

Jewett, Sarah Orne. The Tory Lover.

Kennedy, J. P. Horse Shoe Robinson.

Mitchell, S. Weir. Hugh Wynne.

Simms, W. Gilmore. The Partisan.

Simms, W. Gilmore. The Scout.

Poetry

Poems of American History (edited by B. E. Stevenson), pp. 125–265.

American History by American Poets (edited by M. V. Wallington), Vol. I, pp. 125–293.