As American literature developed, it was influenced by a number of factors, such as the wilderness, religious beliefs, ideas about morality, and Enlightenment philosophy. Covering the first 300 years of American literature as well as the literature of the Puritans, the American Enlightenment, the American Revolution, and more, this volume discusses the writers and works of the American colonial and revolutionary periods. Writers covered include: Joel Barlow, William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Hannah Webster Foster, Olaudah Equiano, Cotton Mather, Thomas Paine, Edward Taylor, Phillis Wheatley, Roger Williams, John Winthrop, and more.
- ISBN10 0816056676
- ISBN13 9780816056675
- Publish Date 30 March 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 October 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Facts On File Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 96
- Language English