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    This document provides an overview of major periods and works in American literature from the Puritan period through modern American poetry in the early 20th century. It includes summaries of influential works such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" from the Puritan period, writings from the Colonial and Early Republic eras like the Declaration of Independence and "The Devil and Tom Walker," and Transcendentalist works such as "Self-Reliance" and "Walden." It also references the Civil War era, poetry, Ethan Frome, The Great Gatsby, and The Glass Menagerie.

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    This document provides an overview of major periods and works in American literature from the Puritan period through modern American poetry in the early 20th century. It includes summaries of influential works such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" from the Puritan period, writings from the Colonial and Early Republic eras like the Declaration of Independence and "The Devil and Tom Walker," and Transcendentalist works such as "Self-Reliance" and "Walden." It also references the Civil War era, poetry, Ethan Frome, The Great Gatsby, and The Glass Menagerie.

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    English 10A1

    Comprehensive Literature Review

    Puritan Period
    Of Plymouth Plantation,
    *Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,*
    To My Dear and Loving Husband,
    Upon the Burning of Our House.

    Colonial Period
    Speech to the Second Virginia Convention, -Henry
    The Crisis, Paine
    The Declaration of Independence,Jeerson
    To His Excellency, General Washington,

    Whitney

    Politics

    Committee of 5

    Enlightenment - Newton, rousseau

    John Locke - inalienable rights

    Early Republic
    The Devil and Tom Walker, Irving
    The Pit and the Pendulum. Edger Allen

    Poe

    National identity - distinct from United Kingdom

    Faust - German folktale

    Rise of Romanticism

    Transcendentalism
    Self-Reliance, Emerson
    Walden, Theroux
    Civil Disobedience Theroux

    American renaissance

    4 part def:

    primacy of nature

    Role of the individual

    Man vs machine

    Inter connectedness of all things ( over soul )

    Civil War
    Letter to His Son,
    I Hear America Singing,
    An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,
    The Gettysburg Address,
    Beat, Beat, Drums

    Modern American
    Poetry
    Richard Cory,
    If You were Coming in the Fall,
    Because I Could not Stop for Death,
    Mending Wall,
    Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,
    The Negro Speaks of Rivers

    Ethan Frome

    The Great Gatsby

    The Glass Menagerie

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