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  2. American literature - Wikipedia

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    The American literary tradition is part of the broader tradition of English-language literature but also includes literature produced in languages other than English. [1] The American Revolutionary Period (1775–1783) is notable for the political writings of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson.

  3. American Renaissance (literature) - Wikipedia

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    American Renaissance (literature) The American Renaissance period in American literature ran from about 1830 to around the Civil War. [1] A central term in American studies, the American Renaissance was for a while considered synonymous with American Romanticism [2] and was closely associated with Transcendentalism. [3]

  4. List of years in literature - Wikipedia

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    The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance, Baroque and Modern literature, while Medieval literature is resolved by century. Note: List of years in poetry exists specifically for poetry. See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages. Several attempts have been made to create a list of world ...

  5. American poetry - Wikipedia

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    A distinctly American lyric voice of the colonial period was Phillis Wheatley, a slave whose book "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," was published in 1773. She was one of the best-known poets of her day, at least in the colonies, and her poems were typical of New England culture at the time, meditating on religious and classical ...

  6. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature

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    11,013. ISBN. 1-58734-073-9. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is an encyclopedia of literary criticism that was published by Cambridge University Press between 1907 and 1921. [1] Edited and written by an international panel of 171 leading scholars and thinkers of the early twentieth century, its 18 volumes comprise 303 ...

  7. Rip Van Winkle - Wikipedia

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    1819. " Rip Van Winkle " (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪp fɑɱ ˈʋɪŋkəl]) is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their strong liquor and falls deeply asleep in the Catskill Mountains.

  8. Table of years in literature - Wikipedia

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    The table of years in literature is a tabular display of all years in literature for overview and quick navigation to any year. Contents: 2000s · 1900s · 1800s · 1700s · 1600s · 1500s · 1400s · Other

  9. History of literature - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces. Not all writings constitute literature.