Colonial Roots: Settlement to 1783

ISBN-13: 9780765683205 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 232 str.

Jeffrey H. Hacker

Opis

Colonial Roots: Settlement to 1783, the first volume in the six-title series History Through Literature: American Voices, American Themes, provides insights and analysis regarding the history, literature, and cultural climate of the nation's formative era. It brings together informational text and primary documents that cover notable historic events and trends, authors, literary works, social movements, and cultural and artistic themes.

Colonial Roots begins with an interdisciplinary chronology that identifies, defines, and places in context the notable historical events, literary works, authors' lives, and cultural landmarks of the period. This is followed by a comprehensive overview essay that summarises the era's major historical trends, social movements, cultural and artistic themes, literary voices, and enduring works as reflections of each other and the spirit of the times.

The core content comprises 20-30 articles on representative writers of the period, along with excerpts from essential literary works that highlight a historical theme, sociocultural movement, or the confluence of the two. These excerpts serve the Common Core emphasis on "informational texts from a broad range of cultures and periods," including "stories, drama, poetry, and literary nonfiction."

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The Literature of Colonial America; Chapter 2 Bradford, William(1590'“1657); Chapter 3 Bradstreet, Anne(ca. 1612'“1672); Chapter 4 Common Sense(1776); Chapter 5 Edwards, Jonathan(1703'“1758); Chapter 6 Enlightenment; Chapter 7 Franklin, Benjamin(1706'“1790); Chapter 8 Freneau, Philip(1752'“1832); Chapter 9 Great Awakening; Chapter 10 Jefferson, Thomas(1743'“1826); Chapter 11 Lexington and Concord and the Shot Heard 'Round the World; Chapter 12 Mather, Cotton(1663'“1728); Chapter 13 Poor Richard's Almanack; Chapter 14 Puritanism; Chapter 15 Reading and Literacy; Chapter 16 Rowlandson, Mary(1637'“1711); Chapter 17 Smith, John(1580'“1631); Chapter 18 Theater; Chapter 19 Warren, Mercy Otis(1728'“1814); Chapter 20 Wheatley, Phillis(1753'“1784); Chapter 21 Winthrop, John(1588'“1649); Chapter 22 Witchcraft and Witch Trials;

O autorze

Hacker, Jeffrey H.