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
PrefaceCh 1. Early Colonial Literature. 1607-1700. Pt. 1.The English in VirginiaCh 1, Pt 2. Pilgrims and Puritans in New EnglandCh 1, Pt 3. The New England ClergyCh 1, Pt 4. Puritan Poetry in New EnglandCh 2. The Eighteenth Century. Pt 1. The First Half of the CenturyCh 2, Pt 2. Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1790Ch 2, Pt 3. The Second Half of the CenturyCh 2, Pt 4. Poetry of the RevolutionCh 2, Pt 5. The Close of the CenturyCh 3. The Beginning of the Nineteenth Century. Pt 1. The New Literature: The Knickerbocker GroupCh 3, Pt 2. Washington Irving: 1783-1859Ch 3, Pt 3. James Fenimore Cooper: 1789-1851Ch 3, Pt 4. William Cullen Bryant: 1794-1878Ch 4. Philosophy and Romance. Pt 1. The Literary Development of New EnglandCh 4, Pt 2. Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1803-1882Ch 4, Pt 3. Henry D. Thoreau: 1817-1862Ch 4, Pt 4. Nathaniel Hawthorne: 1804-1864Ch 4, Pt 5. Edgar Allan Poe: 1809-1849Ch 5. The New England Poets. Pt 1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: 1807-1882Ch 5, Pt 2. John Greenleaf Whittier: 1807-1892Ch 5, Pt 3. James Russell Lowell: 1819-1891Ch 5, Pt 4. Oliver Wendell Holmes: 1809-1894Ch 6. General Literary Development. Pt 1. The HistoriansCh 6, Pt 2. Orators and StatesmenCh 6, Pt 3. Writers of Pennsylvania and New YorkCh 6, Pt 4. Novelists and HumoristsCh 6, Pt 5. Poetry, South and NorthCh 7. Recent Years. Pt 1. Scholars and EssayistsCh 7, Pt 2. Poets of this GenerationCh 7, Pt 3. Contemporary Fiction
A Student's History of American Literature - William Simonds - Description and brief content, listen free online on the e-library site at Knigi-Audio.com/en/
