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LITERARY HISTORY

A Literary History of America

Contents

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INTRODUCTION

BOOK I

THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

I. ENGLISH HISTORY FROM 1600 TO 1700

II. ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM 1600 TO 1700

III. AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1600 To 1700

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I. ENGLISH HISTORY FROM 1700 TO 1800

II. ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM 1700 TO 1800

III. AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1700 TO 1800 .

IV. LITERATURE IN AMERICA FROM 1700 to 1776

V. JONATHAN EDWARDS

VI. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

VII. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

VIII. LITERATURE IN AMERICA FROM 1776 TO 1800

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IX. SUMMARY

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1. SOME GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW ENGLAND

II. THE NEW ENGLAND ORATORS

III. The New ENGLAND SCHOLARS AND Historians

IV. UNITARIANISM .

V. TRANSCENDENTALISM

VI. Ralph Waldo EMERSON

VII. THE LESSER MEN OF CONCORD

VIII. THE ANTISLAVERY Movement

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