Screen LibraryEarly american literature : a comparatist approach /
A. Owen Aldridge shows that early American literature is not an isolated phenomenon, but one affected by the same influences which operated upon other literatures of the period.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make availabl...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[1982] ©1982 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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A. Owen Aldridge shows that early American literature is not an isolated phenomenon, but one affected by the same influences which operated upon other literatures of the period.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(323pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781400853090 |
| Index Number: | PS163 |
| CLC: | I712.06 |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ONE. Introduction -- Introduction -- TWO. Anne Bradstreet: Some Thoughts on the Tenth Muse -- THREE. Edward Taylor and the American Baroque -- FOUR. The Many Versions of Polly Baker: Deism and Human Rights -- FIVE. Paine and Dickinson: Politics and Literature -- SIX. The Concept of Ancients and Moderns in American Poetry of the Federal Period -- SEVEN. The Apex of American Literary Nationalism -- EIGHT. Thomas Paine and Latin American Independence -- NINE. The Enlightenment in the Americas -- TEN. Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter. |