PART 1 THE LITERATURE OF COLONIAL AMERICAHistorical IntroductionThe First American WriterEarly New England LiteratureWilliam Bradford and John WinthropPuritan ThoughtsJohn Cotton and Roger WilliamsAnne Bradstreet and Roger WillamsPART 2 THE LITERATURE OF REASON ANDREVOLUTIONBENJAMIN FRANKLINTHOMAS PAINETHOMAS JEFFERSONPHILIP FRENEAUPART 3 THE LITERATURE OF ROMANTICISMWASHINGTON IRVINGJAMES FENIMORE COOPERWILLIAM CULLEN BRYANTEDGAR ALLAN POERALPH WALDO EMERSONHENRY DAVID THOREAUNATHANIEL HAWTHORNEHERMAN MEL VILLEHENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
