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