Dlb 24: American Colonial Writers, 1606-1734

by Emory Elliott

The earliest of the American writers, the colonials, were truly voices in the wilderness-authors of a literary heritage largely overlooked until early in the 20th century. It was then that the literary merits of sermons, autobiographies, histories, diaries, poems and elegies from the 1600s and early 1700s were seriously reassessed in light of a more sophisticated historical understanding. With this re-examination came new discoveries and a greater...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810317036
• ISBN13: 9780810317031
• Release Date: February 1984
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.4" x 11.3"