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The first century of American literature, 1770-1870.

Pattee, Fred Lewis, 1863-1950.

The first century of American literature, 1770-1870. - New York, Cooper Square Publishers, 1966 [©1935] - viii, 613 pages 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The closing eighteenth century. Preliminary ; The revolution ; Philip Freneau ; The Yale poets ; The fin de siècle ; The fight for the novel ; Charles Brockden Brown ; "The Boston style" ; Travelers and émigrés ; The emerging West ; The opening century ; Rise of the reviews ; The periodical essay ; The beginnings of native humor ; New York ; The literary South -- The rise of romanticism. Introductory ; "Who reads an American book?" ; Romanticism ; Bryant ; Cooper ; The discovery of the Indian ; The consumptive poets ; The annuals and gift-books ; Three decades of the short story ; Sydney Smith answered ; The feudal South -- The mid-century renaissance. The mid-century renaissance ; Emerson ; Seba Smith and the new humor ; The "magazinists" ; Longfellow ; Hawthorne ; Whittier ; The feminine fifties ; The Atlantic Monthly ; The century from the perspective of today.

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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 --Criticism and interpretation.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 --Criticism and interpretation.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 --Criticism and interpretation.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 --Criticism and interpretation.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 --Criticism and interpretation.
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.


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Geschichte 1770-1870.
1775-1899


American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
American literature--History and criticism.--Revolutionary period, 1775-1783
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
American literature.
American literature--Revolutionary period (United States)
Literatur


USA.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

PS88 / .P35 1966

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