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Research guide to American literature

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v. 1. Colonial literature, 1607-1776 / Benjamin Franklin V -- v. 2. Early American literature, 1776-1820 / Angela Vietto -- v. 3. Romanticism and transcendentalism, 1820-1865 / Robert D. Habich and Robert C. Nowatzki -- v. 4. Realism and regionalism, 1865-1914 / Gary Scharnhorst and Tom Quirk -- v. 5. American modernism, 1914-1945 / George Parker Anderson -- v.6. Postwar literature, 1945-1970 / John Cusatis -- v.7. Contemporary literature, 1970 to present / Linda Trinh Moser and Kathryn West
[v. 2] Boundaries of the period -- Dominant genres and literary forms -- Historical and social context -- Literary influences -- Evolution of critical opinion -- Political debate and print culture -- Letters as literature -- Biography and autobiography -- Poetry and social class -- Travel : Nonfiction and fiction -- Essays, magazines, and nation-building -- Satire and parody -- Sentimental novels : Love, seduction, and scandal -- Plays : On the stage and in the closet -- Writing about race and gender -- John and Abigail Adams, Familiar letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail, During the Revolution -- Joel Barlow, The Vision of Columbus, A poem in Nine Books -- Ann Eliza Bleecker and Margaretta Faugeres, The posthumous works of Ann Eliza Bleecker in prose and verse. To which is added, A collection of essays, prose and poetical, by Margaretta V. F augeres -- Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Modern Chivalry, Containing the adventures of Captain John Farrago, ad Teague Oregan, his servant -- Charles Brockden Brown, Arthur Mervyn, Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 -- Charles Brockden Brown, Edgar Huntly ; or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker -- Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland -- William Hill Brown, The power of sympathy, or, The triumph of nature, Founded in truth -- William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, and others, Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark -- J. Hector St. John [de Crévecoeur], Letters from an American farmer -- Olaudah Equiano, The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African -- Hannah Webster Foster, The coquette, or The history of Eliza Wharton ; A novel founded on fact -- Benjamin Franklin, The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, A genetic text -- Benjamin Franklin, "Speech in the convention at the conclusion of its deliberations" -- Philip Freneau, Poems -- Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The federalist -- Lemuel Haynes, Liberty further extended : Or, free thoughts on the illegality of slave-keeping -- Washington Irving, "The legend of sleepy hollow," The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon -- Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle," The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon -- Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence -- Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the state of Virginia --John Marrant, A narrative of the Lord's wonderful dealings with John Marrant, a black -- Judith Sargent Murray, The gleaner : A miscellaneous production -- Thomas Paine, The age of reason : Being an investigation of true and fabulous theology -- Thomas Paine, Common sense -- Susanna Rowson, Charlotte Temple ; Charlotte, A tale of truth -- Rebecca Rush, Kelroy -- Tabitha Tenney, Female quixotism : Exhibited in the romantic opinions and extravagant adventures of Dorcasina Sheldon -- Royall Tyler, The contrast, A comedy, in five acts -- Mercy Otis Warren, History of the rise, progress and termination of the American Revolution, interspersed with biographical, political and moral observations -- Noah Webster, Grammatical Institutes of the English language -- Mason Locke Weems, A history of the life and death, virtues, and exploits of General George Washington

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