As American literature developed, it was influenced by a number of factors, such as the wilderness, religious beliefs, ideas about morality, and Enlightenment philosophy. Covering the first 300 years of American literature as well as the literature of the Puritans, the American Enlightenment, the American Revolution, and more, this volume discusses the writers and works of the American colonial and revolutionary periods.

As American literature developed, it was influenced by a number of factors, such as morality, and Enlightenment philosophy. Covering the first 300 years of American literature as well as the literature of the Puritans, the American Enlightenment, the American Revolution, and more, this volume discusses the writers and works of the American colonial and Revolutionary periods.
Topics include:
Colonial American culture and economy
Traditional Native American literature
Literature of the American Enlightenment
Literature of Puritanism
The expansion of slavery
Literary and cultural visions of the new nation
and more.
Writers covered include:
Charles Brockden Brown
Benjamin Franklin
Philip Freneau
Thomas Jefferson
Cotton Mather
Thomas Paine
Susanna Rowson
Adam Smith
Mercy Otis Warren
Phillis Wheatley
Roger Williams
and many others.