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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... Diaries 371 Kevin J. Berland 17. Early American Autobiography 395 Susan Clair Imbarrato 18. Early American Slave Narratives 415 April Langley 19. Benjamin Franklin 431 Kevin J. Hayes Part VI: The Revolutionary Era 453 20. Early American ...
... Diaries 371 Kevin J. Berland 17. Early American Autobiography 395 Susan Clair Imbarrato 18. Early American Slave Narratives 415 April Langley 19. Benjamin Franklin 431 Kevin J. Hayes Part VI: The Revolutionary Era 453 20. Early American ...
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... diary from the Seven Years' War. Kevin J. Hayes, Professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma, is the author of A Colonial Woman's Bookshelf (1996), Folklore and Book Culture (1997), The Library of William Byrd of Westover ...
... diary from the Seven Years' War. Kevin J. Hayes, Professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma, is the author of A Colonial Woman's Bookshelf (1996), Folklore and Book Culture (1997), The Library of William Byrd of Westover ...
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... diary may be “the only book of the Colonial period that can be read through with pleasure” (Hawthorne and Lemmon 1891, 1, 6). In a note to teachers, Hawthorne and Lemmon explain, “Standard writers are now obtainable at so cheap a rate ...
... diary may be “the only book of the Colonial period that can be read through with pleasure” (Hawthorne and Lemmon 1891, 1, 6). In a note to teachers, Hawthorne and Lemmon explain, “Standard writers are now obtainable at so cheap a rate ...
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... to major authors: Crèvecoeur, Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, and Smith. Other chapters are devoted to different literary genres: autobiography, captivity narratives, diaries, novels, 16 the oxford handbook of early american literature.
... to major authors: Crèvecoeur, Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, and Smith. Other chapters are devoted to different literary genres: autobiography, captivity narratives, diaries, novels, 16 the oxford handbook of early american literature.
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... diaries, novels, plays, political writings, promotion literature, and slave narratives. Some genres receive more than one chapter. Travel writing receives two, one on early voyages and another on picaresque travel narratives. Natural ...
... diaries, novels, plays, political writings, promotion literature, and slave narratives. Some genres receive more than one chapter. Travel writing receives two, one on early voyages and another on picaresque travel narratives. Natural ...
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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