AConciseHistoryofAmericanLiteratureChapter1ColonialPeriodJonathanEdwardslifeworksTheFreedomoftheWillTheGreatDoctrineofOriginalSinDefendedTheNatureofTrueVirtueideas–pioneeroftranscendentalismThespiritofrevivalismRegenerationofmanGod’spresencePuritanidealismBenjaminFranklinworksPoorRichard’“thenewPrometheuswhohadstolenfire(electricityinthiscase)fromheaven”.Everythingseemstomeetinthisoneman–“Jackofalltrades”.HermanMelvillethusdescribedhim“masterofeachandmasteredbynone”.Chapter2AmericanRomanticismSection1EarlyRomanticPeriodWashingtonIrvingseveralnamesattachedtoIrvingfirstAmericanwriterthemessengersentfromthenewworldtotheoldworldfatherofAmericanliteratureworksAHistoryofNewYorkfromtheBeginningoftheWorldtotheEndoftheDutchDynastyTheSketchBookofGeoffreyCrayon,Gent.(Hewonameasureofinternationalrecognitionwiththepublicationofthis.)TheHistoryoftheLifeandVoyagesofChristopherColumbusAChronicleoftheConquestofGranadaTheAlhambraLiterarycareer:twoparts1809~1832SubjectsareeitherEnglishorEuropeanConservativelovefortheantique1832~1859:backtoUSstyle–beautifulgentility,urbanity,pleasantnessavoidingmoralizing–amusingandentertainingenvelopingstoriesinanatmospherevividandtruecharactershumour–smilingwhilereadingmusicallanguageJamesFenimoreCooperworksPrecaution(1820,hisfirstnovel,imitatingAus
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