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Pages in category "18th-century American novels". The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Although the American theatrical tradition can be traced back to the arrival of Lewis Hallam's troupe in the mid-18th century and was very active in the 19th century, as seen by the popularity of minstrel shows and of adaptations of Uncle Tom's Cabin, American drama attained international status only in the 1920s and 1930s, with the works of ...
t. e. European literature of the 18th century refers to literature (poetry, drama, satire, essays, and novels) produced in Europe during this period. The 18th century saw the development of the modern novel as literary genre, in fact many candidates for the first novel in English date from this period, of which Daniel Defoe 's 1719 Robinson ...
18th-century American writers (6 C, 33 P) Pages in category "18th-century American literature" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:18th-century African-American writers and Category:18th-century American male writers and Category:18th-century Native American writers and Category:18th-century American women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
18th-century American literature (3 C, 3 P) ... Pages in category "18th-century literature" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly (c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. [2][3] Born in West Africa, she was kidnapped and subsequently sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America, where ...
The American Enlightenment was a period of intellectual and philosophical fervor in the thirteen American colonies in the 18th to 19th century, which led to the American Revolution and the creation of the United States. The American Enlightenment was influenced by the 17th- and 18th-century Age of Enlightenment in Europe and distinctive ...