The Oxford Handbook of Early American LiteratureKevin J. Hayes Oxford University Press, 06.02.2008 - 656 Seiten The Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature is a major new reference work that provides the best single-volume source of original scholarship on early American literature. Comprised of twenty-seven chapters written by experts in their fields, this work presents an authoritative, in-depth, and up-to-date assessment of a crucial area within literary studies. Organized primarily in terms of genre, the chapters include original research on key concepts, as well as analysis of interesting texts from throughout colonial America. Separate chapters are devoted to literary genres of great importance at the time of their composition that have been neglected in recent decades, such as histories, promotion literature, and scientific writing. New interpretations are offered on the works of Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards and Dr. Alexander Hamilton while lesser known figures are also brought to light. Newly vital areas like print culture and natural history are given full treatment. As with other Oxford Handbooks, the contributors cover the field in a comprehensive yet accessible way that is suitable for those wishing to gain a good working knowledge of an area of study and where it's headed. |
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... Christianity, for which he received a 2006–2007 NEH fellowship. He is also writing a book on American Christians' views of Islam from the colonial period to the present. April Langley is Assistant Professor of English at the University ...
... Christianity, for which he received a 2006–2007 NEH fellowship. He is also writing a book on American Christians' views of Islam from the colonial period to the present. April Langley is Assistant Professor of English at the University ...
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... Christian University, where he teaches courses in early American literature and culture. His work in Japanese includes critical studies of New England Puritan literature and translations of works treating classic American literature and ...
... Christian University, where he teaches courses in early American literature and culture. His work in Japanese includes critical studies of New England Puritan literature and translations of works treating classic American literature and ...
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... Christian Inhabitants in place Convenient, upon Those Large and Ample Countries Extended Northward from the Cape of Florida, Lying Under Very Temperate Climes, Esteemed Fertile and Rich in Minerals, Yet Not in the Actual Possession of ...
... Christian Inhabitants in place Convenient, upon Those Large and Ample Countries Extended Northward from the Cape of Florida, Lying Under Very Temperate Climes, Esteemed Fertile and Rich in Minerals, Yet Not in the Actual Possession of ...
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... Christian pietie, those remote and heathen countries of America.” “Even so,” continues Hayes, “he may justly be taxed of temerity, and presumption.” The presumption Hayes points out is that when there was neither a permanent settlement ...
... Christian pietie, those remote and heathen countries of America.” “Even so,” continues Hayes, “he may justly be taxed of temerity, and presumption.” The presumption Hayes points out is that when there was neither a permanent settlement ...
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Inhalt
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Devotional Literature | 91 |
The Augustan Age in America | 187 |
Contexts of Reading | 299 |
Expressions of Individuality | 369 |
The Revolutionary Era | 451 |
Late EighteenthCentury Prose | 525 |
Index | 613 |
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