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Page 1: American Literature Literary Introduction

American Literature

A literary introduction

Raffaele Nardella

Washington Irvinghttp://www.brianjayjones.com/images/portraits/irvingBrady.jpg

Page 2: American Literature Literary Introduction

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)

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Page 3: American Literature Literary Introduction

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

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Page 4: American Literature Literary Introduction

A literature of one’s ownTwo great masters

Nathaniel HawthorneHerman Melville

Moby Dick The Scarlet Letter

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