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