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1700: The Way of the World by William Congreve; 1702: The Shortest Way with the Dissenters by Daniel Defoe; 1703: Hymn to the Pillory by Daniel Defoe; 1704: The Campaign by Joseph Addison; Miscellany Poems by William Wycherley; 1705: The Mistake by Sir John Vanbrugh; The Gamester by Susanna Centlivre; 1706: The Recruiting Officer (play ...
Writers like Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and poets Ezra Pound, H.D. and T. S. Eliot demonstrate the growth of an international perspective in American literature. American writers had long looked to European models for inspiration, but whereas the literary breakthroughs of the mid-19th century came from finding distinctly American styles and ...
Often considered a movement centered in New England, the American Renaissance was inspired in part by a new focus on humanism as a way to move from Calvinism. [5] Literary nationalists at this time were calling for a movement that would develop a unique American literary style to distinguish American literature from British literature. [1]
June 9 – John Barrie's Philadelphia Spelling Book Arranged Upon a Plan Entirely New becomes the first American book copyrighted. [5] unknown date – William Lane establishes the Minerva Press in London, specializing in Gothic fiction.
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The Portico magazine, an early tool of literary nationalist critics. American literary nationalism was a literary movement in the United States in the early-to mid 19th century, which consisted of American authors working towards the development of a distinct American literature.
Anonymous – Caledonia, or the Pedlar Turned Merchant Abel Boyer – Achilles; or, Iphigenia in Aulis: a tragedy [4]; William Burnaby – The Reformed Wife; Susannah Centlivre – The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice: A tragedy [4]
April 16 – Charlotte A. Jerauld, American poet and story writer (died 1845) [16] April 26 – Alice Cary, American poet and short-story writer (died 1871) [17] April 27 – Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (died 1903) [18] June 21 – James Halliwell-Phillipps, English bibliophile (died 1889)