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Reuben Post Halleck. History of American Literature

History of American Literature

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PREFACE

R. P. H. CHAPTER I COLONIAL LITERATURE. CHAPTER II THE EMERGENCE OF A NATION. CHAPTER III THE NEW YORK GROUP. CHAPTER IV THE NEW ENGLAND GROUP. CHAPTER V SOUTHERN LITERATURE. CHAPTER VI WESTERN LITERATURE. CHAPTER VII THE EASTERN REALISTS A GLANCE BACKWARD

SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF AUTHORS AND THEIR CHIEF WORKS. INDEX. HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE

CHAPTER I

COLONIAL LITERATURE

CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, 1579–1631

LITERARY ACTIVITY IN VIRGINIA COLONY

WILLIAM BRADFORD, 1590–1657

JOHN WINTHROP, 1588–1649

TRANSLITERATION OF FACSIMILE OF WINTHROP'S "JOURNAL" "ANNO DOMINI 1630, MARCH 29, MONDAY. "EASTER MONDAY

THE RELIGIOUS IDEAL

POETRY

NATHANIEL WARD, 1578?-1652

SAMUEL SEWALL, 1652–1730

COTTON MATHER, 1663–1728

JONATHAN EDWARDS, 1703–1758

ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD

LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS

SUMMARY

REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY. HISTORICAL

LITERARY

SUGGESTED READINGS

QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

CHAPTER II

THE EMERGENCE OF A NATION

THE ESSAYISTS

THE ORATORS

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1706–1790

JOHN WOOLMAN, 1720–1772

EARLY AMERICAN FICTION

CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN, 1771–1810

POETRY—THE HARTFORD WITS

PHILIP FRENEAU, 1752–1832

ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD

LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS

SUMMARY

REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY. HISTORICAL

LITERARY

SUGGESTED READINGS

QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

CHAPTER III

THE NEW YORK GROUP

DRAKE AND HALLECK

WASHINGTON IRVING, 1783–1859

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, 1789–1851

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, 1794–1878

ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD

LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS, 1809–1849

SUMMARY

REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY. HISTORICAL

LITERARY

SUGGESTED READINGS

QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

CHAPTER IV

THE NEW ENGLAND GROUP

RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1803–1882

HENRY DAVID THOREAU, 1817–1862

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1804–1864

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, 1807–1882

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, 1807–1892

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, 1819–1891

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, 1809–1894

THE HISTORIANS

ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD

LEADING HISTORICAL FACTS

SUMMARY

REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY. HISTORICAL

LITERARY. GENERAL WORKS

SPECIAL WORKS

SUGGESTED READINGS

QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

CHAPTER V

SOUTHERN LITERATURE

EDGAR ALLAN POE, 1809–1849

WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS, 1806–1870

HENRY TIMROD, 1829–1867

PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE, 1830–1886

SIDNEY LANIER, 1842–1881

FATHER RYAN, 1839–1886

JOHN BANNISTER TABB, 1845–1909

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, 1848–1908

THOMAS NELSON PAGE, 1853-

GEORGE W. CABLE, 1844-

JAMES LANE ALLEN, 1849-

MARY N. MURFREE (CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK), 1850-

MADISON J. CAWEIN, 1865–1914

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

SUGGESTED READINGS

PROSE

QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

CHAPTER VI

WESTERN LITERATURE

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1809–1865

BRET HARTE, 1839–1902

EUGENE FIELD, 1850–1895

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, 1853–1916

SAMUEL L. CLEMENS, 1835–1910

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

SUGGESTED READINGS

QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

CHAPTER VII

THE EASTERN REALISTS

WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, 1837–1920

MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN, 1862-

WALT WHITMAN, 1819–1892

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

SUGGESTED READINGS

QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

A GLANCE BACKWARD

SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF AUTHORS AND THEIR CHIEF WORKS

EASTERN AUTHORS

SOUTHERN AUTHORS

WESTERN AUTHORS

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Reuben Post Halleck

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The entry for Monday, April 12, 1630, is:—

"The wind more large to the N. a stiff gale, with fair weather. In the afternoon less wind, and our people began to grow well again. Our children and others, that were sick and lay groaning in the cabins, we fetched out, and having stretched a rope from the steerage to the main-mast, we made them stand, some of one side and some of the other, and sway it up and down till they were warm, and by this means they soon grew well and merry."

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