A History of American Literature
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A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER II THE EARLIEST VERSE
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER III THE TRANSITION TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER IV JONATHAN EDWARDS AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER V CRÈVECŒUR, THE “AMERICAN FARMER”
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER VI THE POETRY OF THE REVOLUTION AND PHILIP FRENEAU
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER VII THE EARLY DRAMA
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER VIII CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER IX IRVING AND THE KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL
WASHINGTON IRVING
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER X JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XI WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XII EDGAR ALLAN POE
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XIII THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS
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CHAPTER XIV RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XV HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XVI NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XVII JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XVIII HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XIX JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XX HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XXI OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XXII SOME METROPOLITAN POETS
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XXIII THE POETRY OF THE SOUTH
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XXIV WALT WHITMAN
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XXV THE WEST AND MARK TWAIN
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XXVI THE WEST IN SILL AND MILLER
EDWARD ROWLAND SILL (1841–1887)
JOAQUIN MILLER (1841–1913)
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TOPICS AND PROBLEMS
CHAPTER XXVII THE RISE OF FICTION; WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS (1837–)
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CHAPTER XXVIII CONTEMPORARY DRAMA
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CHAPTER XXIX THE LATER POETRY
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INDEX TO LEADING NINETEENTH-CENTURY PERIODICALS
INDEX
Footnotes
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Chronological Chart Transcriptions
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART I. AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1600–1800
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART II, American Literature in the Nineteenth Century
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART III, LEADING PERIODICALS ESTABLISHED SINCE 1800 WHICH HAVE SERVED AS VEHICLES FOR AMERICAN WRITINGS
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART II. AMERICAN LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
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