美国文学史及选读 第1册PDF电子书下载

PART I THE LITERATURE OF COLONIAL AMERICA 1

Historical Introduction 1

The First American Writer 3

Early New England Literature 4

William Bradford and John Winthrop 6

Puritan Thoughts 8

John Cotton and Roger Williams 10

Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor 12

PART II THE LITERATURE OF REASON AND REVOLUTION 14

Historical Introduction 14

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 18

Biographical Introduction 18

From The Autobiography 20

THOMAS PAINE 28

Biographical Introduction 28

From The American Crisis 31

THOMAS JEFFERSON 35

Biographical Introduction 35

The Declaration of Independence 37

PHILIP FRENEAU 43

Biographical Introduction 43

The Wild Honey Suckle 46

The Indian Burying Ground 47

To a Caty-Did 49

PART III THE LITERATURE OF ROMANTICISM 52

Historical Introduction 52

WASHINGTON IRVING 60

Biographical Introduction 60

The Author s Account of Himself 64

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 67

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER 107

Biographical Introduction 107

The Last of the Mohicans 109

From The Last of the Mohicans:Chapter 12 114

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT 123

Biographical Introduction 123

Thanatopsis 124

To a Waterfrowl 128

EDGAR ALLAN POE 130

Biographical Introduction 130

To Helen 132

The Raven 135

Annabel Lee 139

The Fall of the House of Usher 141

RALPH WALDO EMERSON 167

Biographical Introduction 167

From Nature:Chapter I 170

From Self-Reliance 173

Biographical Introduction 182

HENRY DAVID THOREAU 182

From Walden 184

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 205

Biographical Introduction 205

The Scarlet Letter 209

From The Scarlet Letter:V.Hester at Her Needle 214

HERMAN MELVILLE 226

Biographical Introduction 226

Moby Dick 229

From Moby Dick Chapter 54:Town-Ho s Story 235

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 262

Biographical Introduction 262

A Psalm of Life:What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist 265

The Slave s Dream 267

My Lost Youth 269

The Song of Hiawatha 273