American Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library
...what is now the United States of America. Colonial...of the religious state. They set forth...first professional American novelist, Charles...by every aspiring American writer and was first...attention by presenting American folk stories, and...won the hearts of Americans with glib, moralizing...and upon Europe. High-mindedness, moral...reform society and education, the assertion...various warring schools. Among those critics...experiences and attitudes in contemporary...encompasses the work of African-American (e...