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American Literature
A literary introduction
Washington Irvinghttp://www.brianjayjones.com/images/portraits/irvingBrady.jpg
A literature of one’s own A distinct voice
Cultural tradition Freedom from the influence of England
The American Renaissance 1820s – National literary tradition Against English cultural patterns Influence of early 19th century writers
(Scott, Byron, Coleridge)
A literature of one’s own The break away from
European tradition New England, a workshop for
a new literature Settings and subjects related
to America Washington Irving (The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow) James Fenimore Cooper
(The Last of the Mohicans) Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle
Tom’s Cabin) Americanness: rooted in
naturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:James_Fenimore_Cooper_by_Jarvis.jpg
A literature of one’s ownTwo great masters
Nathaniel HawthorneHerman Melville
Moby Dick The Scarlet Letter