Major Writers of Early American LiteratureUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1972 - 301 Seiten An outstanding collection of original critical essays by distinguished specialists, this book is both a chronological survey of nearly 200 years of American literature and an exciting reappraisal of the major figures of that period. Includes works from Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, William Bryd, Anne Bradstreet, William Bradford, and others. |
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... diaries have little merit . They are merely thin segments of life , not the rounded and relatively complete story represented by an autobiography or long and continuous diary . The schedule of the day's activities , from early rising to ...
... diaries have little merit . They are merely thin segments of life , not the rounded and relatively complete story represented by an autobiography or long and continuous diary . The schedule of the day's activities , from early rising to ...
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... diaries to be read by any other than himself . Of the roughly nine years covered in the extant diaries more than seven were spent in Virginia . Almost all of plantation and village- capital life is at least outlined here . Political and ...
... diaries to be read by any other than himself . Of the roughly nine years covered in the extant diaries more than seven were spent in Virginia . Almost all of plantation and village- capital life is at least outlined here . Political and ...
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... diaries , by telling the story of his English tour with Sir John Perceval , or of his own literary and social ... diaries . They fill gaps in his colonial and London life that the extant diaries do not cover , they shed light on persons ...
... diaries , by telling the story of his English tour with Sir John Perceval , or of his own literary and social ... diaries . They fill gaps in his colonial and London life that the extant diaries do not cover , they shed light on persons ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 3 |
Anne Bradstreet | 33 |
Edward Taylor | 59 |
Urheberrecht | |
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