The seven years employed in the preparation of this work would have been
insufficient, had not the author been assisted by his wife, to whom he is
indebted not only for invaluable criticism but also for the direct
authorship of some of the best matter in this book.
R. P. H.
CONTENTS
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
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SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF AUTHORS AND THEIR CHIEF WORKS
INDEX
[Transcriber's note:
Index not included in this electronic version.]
HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
CHAPTER I
COLONIAL LITERATURE
RELATION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE.--The literature produced in that part of
America known as the United States did not begin as an independent
literature. The early colonists were Englishmen who brought with them their
own language, books, and modes of thought. England had a world-famous
literature before her sons established a permanent settlement across the
Atlantic.
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