PART 1 THE LITERATURE OF COLONIAL AMERICA Historical Introduction The First American Writer Early New England Literature William Bradford and John Winthrop Puritan Thoughts John Cotton and Roger Williams Anne Bradstreet and Roger Willams PART 2 THE LITERATURE OF REASON AND REVOLUTION BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THOMAS PAINE THOMAS JEFFERSON PHILIP FRENEAU PART 3 THE LITERATURE OF ROMANTICISM WASHINGTON IRVING JAMES FENIMORE COOPER WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT EDGAR ALLAN POE RALPH WALDO EMERSON HENRY DAVID THOREAU NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE HERMAN MEL VILLE HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
PART IV. THE LITERATURE OF REALISM WALT WHITMAN EMIL DICKINSON HARRIET BEECHER STOWE MARK TWAIN O.HENRY HENRY JAMES JACK LONDON THEODORE DREISER PART V. TWENTIETH-CENTURY LITERATURE EZRA POUND EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ROBERT FROST CARL SANDBURG WALLACE STEVENS THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT F.SCOTT FITZGERALD ERNEST HEMINGWAY JOHN STEINBECK