Colonialism and the Revolutionary Period: (Beginnings-1800) (Backgrounds to American Literature)

Each title in this series examines the history, development, and people integral to the evolution of American literature in an attempt to place popular American literature in its historical and cultural context. As American literature developed it was influenced by a number of factors, such as the wilderness, religious beliefs, ideas about morality, and Enlightenment philosophy. Covering the first 300 years of American literature as well as the literature of the Puritans, American Enlightenment, American Revolution, and more, this volume discusses the writers and works of the American Colonial and Revolutionary periods. Writers covered include: Joel Barlow William Bradford Anne Dudley Bradstreet Hannah Webster Foster Olaudah Equiano Cotton Mather Thomas Paine Edward Taylor Phillis Wheatley Roger Williams John Winthrop and more As American literature developed, it was influenced by a number of factors, such as the wilderness, religious beliefs, ideas about morality, and Enlightenment philosophy. Covering the first 300 years of American literature as well as the literature of the Puritans, the American Enlightenment, the American Revolution, and more, this volume discusses the writers and works of the American colonial and revolutionary periods Covering the first 300 years of American literature as well as the literature of the Puritans, the American Enlightenment, the American Revolution, and more, this volume discusses the writers and works of the American colonial and revolutionary periods. Writers covered include: Joel Barlow, William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, and others. The first 300 years The literature of Puritanism Aspects of Colonial American culture The literature of the American enlightenment The literature of the American Revolution Literary and cultural visions of the New World Timeline.