Student's History of American Literature

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William Simonds 1909
English
  • Preface
  • Ch 1. Early Colonial Literature. 1607-1700. Pt. 1.The English in Virginia
  • Ch 1, Pt 2. Pilgrims and Puritans in New England
  • Ch 1, Pt 3. The New England Clergy
  • Ch 1, Pt 4. Puritan Poetry in New England
  • Ch 2. The Eighteenth Century. Pt 1. The First Half of the Century
  • Ch 2, Pt 2. Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1790
  • Ch 2, Pt 3. The Second Half of the Century
  • Ch 2, Pt 4. Poetry of the Revolution
  • Ch 2, Pt 5. The Close of the Century
  • Ch 3. The Beginning of the Nineteenth Century. Pt 1. The New Literature: The Knickerbocker Group
  • Ch 3, Pt 2. Washington Irving: 1783-1859
  • Ch 3, Pt 3. James Fenimore Cooper: 1789-1851
  • Ch 3, Pt 4. William Cullen Bryant: 1794-1878
  • Ch 4. Philosophy and Romance. Pt 1. The Literary Development of New England
  • Ch 4, Pt 2. Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1803-1882
  • Ch 4, Pt 3. Henry D. Thoreau: 1817-1862
  • Ch 4, Pt 4. Nathaniel Hawthorne: 1804-1864
  • Ch 4, Pt 5. Edgar Allan Poe: 1809-1849
  • Ch 5. The New England Poets. Pt 1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: 1807-1882
  • Ch 5, Pt 2. John Greenleaf Whittier: 1807-1892
  • Ch 5, Pt 3. James Russell Lowell: 1819-1891
  • Ch 5, Pt 4. Oliver Wendell Holmes: 1809-1894
  • Ch 6. General Literary Development. Pt 1. The Historians
  • Ch 6, Pt 2. Orators and Statesmen
  • Ch 6, Pt 3. Writers of Pennsylvania and New York
  • Ch 6, Pt 4. Novelists and Humorists
  • Ch 6, Pt 5. Poetry, South and North
  • Ch 7. Recent Years. Pt 1. Scholars and Essayists
  • Ch 7, Pt 2. Poets of this Generation
  • Ch 7, Pt 3. Contemporary Fiction
Engaging history of American Lit from the 1600's up through the late 1890's. The author, who was a professor at Knox College, really put a lot into this, combining national history with his love for literature. - Summary by BellonaTimes

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