Initial Studies in American LettersChapter VII · LITERATURE SINCE 1861Reading editionChapter navigation34 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACE.Chapter VII · LITERATURE SINCE 1861Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIAPPENDIX.JONATHAN EDWARDS.THE WRATH OF GOD.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.PHILIP FRENEAU.DANIEL WEBSTER.WASHINGTON IRVING.JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.RALPH WALDO EMERSON.NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.EDGAR ALLAN POE.NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS.HENRY DAVID THOREAU.WALT WHITMAN.JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.EDWARD EVERETT HALE.FITZ-GREENE HALLECK.CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE.SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS.INDEX.Previous chapter ←PREFACE.Next chapter →Chapter IAll chapters and sections (34)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACE.Chapters71234567Other sectionsAPPENDIX.JONATHAN EDWARDS.THE WRATH OF GOD.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.PHILIP FRENEAU.DANIEL WEBSTER.WASHINGTON IRVING.JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.RALPH WALDO EMERSON.NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.EDGAR ALLAN POE.NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS.HENRY DAVID THOREAU.WALT WHITMAN.JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.EDWARD EVERETT HALE.FITZ-GREENE HALLECK.CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE.SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS.INDEX.APPENDIX.INITIAL STUDIES IN AMERICAN LETTERS.← PREFACE.CHAPTER I. →