The Early Republic and Rise of National Identity: 1783-1861

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The Early Republic and the Rise of National Identity, a new title in the six-title series History Through Literature: American Voices, American Themes, provides insights and analysis regarding the history, literature, and cultural climate of the formative period of the Early Republic through the early 1860s. It brings together informational text and primary documents that cover notable historic events and trends, authors, literary works, social movements, and cultural and artistic themes. The Early Republic and the Rise of National Identity begins with an interdisciplinary Chronology that identifies, defines, and places in context the notable historical events, literary works, authors' lives, and cultural landmarks of the period. This is followed by a comprehensive overview essay that summarizes the era's major historical trends, social movements, cultural and artistic themes, literary voices, and enduring works as reflections of each other and the spirit of the times. The core content comprises 20-30 articles on representative writers of the period, along with excerpts from essential literary works that highlight a historical theme, sociocultural movement, or the confluence of the two. These excerpts serve the Common Core emphasis on "informational texts from a broad range of cultures and periods", including "stories, drama, poetry, and literary nonfiction". Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Preface Chronology Literature of the Early Republic Sidelight: Writing Early American History Bryant, William Cullen "Thanatopsis," 1817 Cooper, James Fenimore Chapter One, The Last of the Mohicans, 1826 Emerson, Ralph Waldo "The American Scholar" (excerpts), 1851 Environment and Nature, Views of Equiano, Olaudah The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equicmo (excerpt), 1789 Fuller, Margaret Woman in the Nineteenth Century (excerpt), 1845 Hawthorne, Nathaniel Chapter Two, "The Market-Place," The Scarlet Letter, 1850 Holmes, Oliver Wendell "The Chambered Nautilus," 1857 Irving, Washington "Rip Van Winkle" (excerpt), 1819 Libraries and Lyceums Longfellow, Henry Wads worth The Song of Hiawatha (excerpt), 1855 Lowell, James Russell The Biglow Papers, "No. 1" (excerpt), 1848 Melville, Herman Chapter 42, "The Whiteness of the Whale," Moby-Dick (excerpt), 1851 Poe, Edgar Allan "The Tell-Tale Heart," 1843 Poetry "Wade in the Water," Slave Spiritual, 1830s Theater Thoreau, Henry David "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," Walden (excerpt), 1854 Transcendentalism Sidelight: Brook Farm, Fruitlands, and Satire Webster, Noah An American Dictionary of the English Language (excerpts), 1828 Whittier, John Greenleaf "Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl" (excerpt), 1866 Bibliography and Web Sites Index