American Literature Comparison

American Literature Grad. Standard Performance Package - "History of the Arts"

Part 1

History, as it is lived, does not divide itself neatly into periods; yet, with the advantage of retrospect, we can often classify people, events, and works of art according to certain shared characteristics. Strong differences in the religious, philosophic, economic, and social beliefs experiences uniquely shaped the content and character of the Colonial and Romantic literary genres. The literature of the Colonial period (1500- 1800) bears the mark of its creators and consumers: European immigrants in search of religious expression. The writings of the Colonial period tied/connected closely to the life, work, and beliefs of those who gave the old world for the new, and were busy carving a country out of a wilderness. Restricted freedom of limited focus and interests in scope to biblical, devotional, and classical literature, the Puritans’ focus was restricted not only by their convicti...