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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... essay on " The Soul " through its amused contempt for the " notion that the Soul is matereal , " adumbrating a mature controversial manner in its relentless pursuit of an oppo- nent's absurdities . The most remarkable of Edwards's ...
... essay on " The Soul " through its amused contempt for the " notion that the Soul is matereal , " adumbrating a mature controversial manner in its relentless pursuit of an oppo- nent's absurdities . The most remarkable of Edwards's ...
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... ESSAYS In 1722 , at sixteen years of age , Benjamin Franklin wrote the first essay series in America , and showed that he was already the peer of Boston's literary men . His Silence Dogood series appeared in his brother's newspaper ...
... ESSAYS In 1722 , at sixteen years of age , Benjamin Franklin wrote the first essay series in America , and showed that he was already the peer of Boston's literary men . His Silence Dogood series appeared in his brother's newspaper ...
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... essay signed " Hortensia " by a supposedly mistreated wife ; various replies to In- crease Mather's attacks ; a burlesque of religion signed " Johannes Clericus " ; an essay against idleness ; a number of mock war - of - the- sexes ...
... essay signed " Hortensia " by a supposedly mistreated wife ; various replies to In- crease Mather's attacks ; a burlesque of religion signed " Johannes Clericus " ; an essay against idleness ; a number of mock war - of - the- sexes ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 3 |
Anne Bradstreet | 33 |
Edward Taylor | 59 |
Urheberrecht | |
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