Heralds of American literature ; a group of patriot writers of the Revolutionary and National periods.

Heralds of American literature ; a group of patriot writers of the Revolutionary and National periods.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marble, Annie Russell, 1864-1936
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Freeport, N.Y. : Books for Libraries Press, [1967]
Series:Essay index reprint series
Subjects:
American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism.
American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > Bibliography.
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory: Signs of the dawn. The impulse of Franklin
  • Francis Hopkinson
  • Philip Freneau: America's first poet
  • John Trumbull: Satirist and scholar
  • A group of Hartford wits
  • Joseph Dennie: "the lay preacher."--William Dunlap: the beginnings of drama
  • Charles Brockden Brown
  • Bibliography (p. 321-353)