A History of American Literature
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY4. BOOK LIST5. CHAPTER II THE EARLIEST VERSE6. BOOK LIST7. CHAPTER III THE TRANSITION TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY8. BOOK LIST9. CHAPTER IV JONATHAN EDWARDS AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN10. BOOK LIST11. CHAPTER V CRÈVECŒUR, THE “AMERICAN FARMER”12. BOOK LIST13. CHAPTER VI THE POETRY OF THE REVOLUTION AND PHILIP FRENEAU14. BOOK LIST15. CHAPTER VII THE EARLY DRAMA16. BOOK LIST17. CHAPTER VIII CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN18. BOOK LIST19. CHAPTER IX IRVING AND THE KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL20. BOOK LIST21. CHAPTER X JAMES FENIMORE COOPER22. BOOK LIST23. CHAPTER XI WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT24. BOOK LIST25. CHAPTER XII EDGAR ALLAN POE26. BOOK LIST27. CHAPTER XIII THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS28. BOOK LIST29. CHAPTER XIV RALPH WALDO EMERSON30. BOOK LIST31. CHAPTER XV HENRY DAVID THOREAU32. BOOK LIST33. CHAPTER XVI NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE34. BOOK LIST35. CHAPTER XVII JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER36. BOOK LIST37. CHAPTER XVIII HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW38. BOOK LIST39. CHAPTER XIX JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL40. BOOK LIST41. CHAPTER XX HARRIET BEECHER STOWE42. BOOK LIST43. CHAPTER XXI OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES44. BOOK LIST45. CHAPTER XXII SOME METROPOLITAN POETS46. BOOK LIST47. CHAPTER XXIII THE POETRY OF THE SOUTH48. BOOK LIST49. CHAPTER XXIV WALT WHITMAN50. BOOK LIST51. CHAPTER XXV THE WEST AND MARK TWAIN52. BOOK LIST53. CHAPTER XXVI THE WEST IN SILL AND MILLER54. BOOK LIST55. CHAPTER XXVII THE RISE OF FICTION; WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS56. BOOK LIST57. CHAPTER XXVIII CONTEMPORARY DRAMA58. BOOK LIST59. CHAPTER XXIX THE LATER POETRY60. BOOK LIST61. INDEX TO LEADING NINETEENTH-CENTURY PERIODICALS62. INDEX63. Chronological Chart Transcriptions