[History and Criticism] [William Apess] [William Wells Brown] [William Cullen Bryant] [James Fenimore Cooper] [Francis Parkman] [Edgar Allan Poe] [Washington Irving] [African Americans] [Bibliography]
History and Criticism
Student's
History of American Literature Chapter 3. The Beginning of the
Nineteenth Century. Knickerbocker Group; Washington Irving (1783-1859);
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851); William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Romancing
the Indian
Comparison of the sentimentalizing and demonizing representations of
American Indians in the works of James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain and
other nineteenth-centurey American authors.
William Apess
William Apess
(1798- ) Native American author. Bibliography & biographical material
from Internet Public Library
Quotations
Two quotations from Apess.
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML">William Apess
From PAL. Biography & bibliography
William Wells Brown (1814-1884)
William
Wells Brown Page Biblography; portrait; links
William Wells
Brown Etext of his work, Clotelle; or The Colored Heroine
PAL:
Perspectives in American Literature Brief bio; bibliography
Speeches
of William Wells Brown
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William
Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
William
Cullen Bryant. From Project Bartleby. Poems.
Bryant
Homestead Information on his home in Cummington, Mass.
Poetry
Includes The Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus; Hymn to the North
Star; Song of the Stars
Poetry
of William Cullen Bryant Includes To a Waterfowl; Sonnet-to
an American Painter Departing for Europe; The Poet; Thanatopsis
Robert
of Lincoln by William Cullen Bryant Text of the poem.
Thanatopsis
The text
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)
James
Fenimore Cooper Biographical information; timelines; influences on
his work;
connects to full text of Last of the Mohicans.
Romanticism:
James Fenimore Cooper From Perspectives in American Literature
James Fenimore
Cooper House Home in Burlington City, NJ
Fenimore Cooper's
Literary Offenses Criticism by Mark Twain.
James Fenimore
Cooper Biography; plot summaries
James
Fenimore Cooper's Works Link to full text of Last of the Mohicans;
bio-bibliographical note.
James Fenimore
Cooper Bibliography
Francis Parkman, Jr. (1823-1893)
The
Conspiracy of Pontiac Historian Parkman is best known for his work,
The Oregon Trail (1849). Etext. From UVA
Francis
Parkman Portrait.
Historians as
Men of Letters Brief essay.
The Francis
Parkman Page Bibliography
Oregon
Trail Etext available for download from Project Gutenberg. Huge
file. Available as zipped file. Full text available from UK site.
Oregon
Trail Links to facts about the famous Oregon Trail
Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849)
Complete Online Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall
of the House of Usher Biographical information; Poe virtual library;
comments on the text
from University of Texas students.
House
of Usher (1890-1849) Biography; Poe's favorite raven; more
Selected
Works Includes Cask of Amontillado; The Pit & the Pendulum;
Assignation;
Tell-Tale Heart.
Edgar
Allan Poe Biographical material.
Annabel
Lee Etext
Yale
New Haven Curriculum Space down to Poe. Short story unit for middle
schoolers; detective fiction unit for remedial students; detective
fiction for upper middle level
Detective
Fiction for Remedial Readers Work of Poe and Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle. Remedial classes, grade 8
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Washington
Irving Critical essay
Rip Van Winkle:
Past and Present How Irving used historical events in his
writing
Rip Van
Winkle Site Information on Rip
Washington
Irving. Quotations
Washington
Irving's Grave Photo; Sleepy Hollow Cemetary, NY
The
Adventures of Captain Bonneville Portrait of Irving; online
etext
The Alhambra Gopher
site. Online etext
Legend
of Sleepy Hollow Commentary; online etext
Rip
Van Winkle Online etext
The
Humor of America Advanced English classes, grades 10 & 11. Unit
from Yale-New Haven Lesson Plans
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
Phillis
Wheatley Biography; by Mrs. Angela Graves fourth grade class
American
Poetry: The 19th Century Audio CD. Six hours of audio
recordings. Includes readings of
19th century poetry, including Native American and women. Available
from Voyager Co.
Statue of Liberty gif courtesy of ZOOM
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