Student's History of American Literature

by William Simonds

31 chapters12h 39mEnglish1909

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Engaging history of American Lit from the 1600's up through the late 1890's. The author, who was a professor at Knox College, really put a lot into this, combining national history with his love for literature. - Summary by BellonaTimes

Chapters (30)

1Ch 1. Early Colonial Literature. 1607-1700. Pt. 1.The English in Virginia

1100

2Ch 1, Pt 2. Pilgrims and Puritans in New England

1324

3Ch 1, Pt 3. The New England Clergy

1487

4Ch 1, Pt 4. Puritan Poetry in New England

1210

5Ch 2. The Eighteenth Century. Pt 1. The First Half of the Century

1170

6Ch 2, Pt 2. Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1790

1656

7Ch 2, Pt 3. The Second Half of the Century

842

8Ch 2, Pt 4. Poetry of the Revolution

1235

9Ch 2, Pt 5. The Close of the Century

1564

10Ch 3. The Beginning of the Nineteenth Century. Pt 1. The New Literature: The Knickerbocker Group

1302

11Ch 3, Pt 2. Washington Irving: 1783-1859

2053

12Ch 3, Pt 3. James Fenimore Cooper: 1789-1851

1230

13Ch 3, Pt 4. William Cullen Bryant: 1794-1878

2308

14Ch 4. Philosophy and Romance. Pt 1. The Literary Development of New England

1116

15Ch 4, Pt 2. Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1803-1882

2607

16Ch 4, Pt 3. Henry D. Thoreau: 1817-1862

764

17Ch 4, Pt 4. Nathaniel Hawthorne: 1804-1864

2124

18Ch 4, Pt 5. Edgar Allan Poe: 1809-1849

1979

19Ch 5. The New England Poets. Pt 1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: 1807-1882

2044

20Ch 5, Pt 2. John Greenleaf Whittier: 1807-1892

2268

21Ch 5, Pt 3. James Russell Lowell: 1819-1891

1940

22Ch 5, Pt 4. Oliver Wendell Holmes: 1809-1894

1264

23Ch 6. General Literary Development. Pt 1. The Historians

1094

24Ch 6, Pt 2. Orators and Statesmen

405

25Ch 6, Pt 3. Writers of Pennsylvania and New York

1682

26Ch 6, Pt 4. Novelists and Humorists

1102

27Ch 6, Pt 5. Poetry, South and North

2193

28Ch 7. Recent Years. Pt 1. Scholars and Essayists

542

29Ch 7, Pt 2. Poets of this Generation

914

30Ch 7, Pt 3. Contemporary Fiction

2853

Student's History of American Literature

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