Early period美国文学.doc

Early period The early period of American literature is often divided into two halves of Literature of colonial America And Literature of reason and revolution John Smith is considered as the 1st American writer who introduced the development or Virginia, the first English colony. Anne Bradstreet is the earliest poet who wrote poems in English in Colonial America. The 2nd group of immigrant from England were different in nature from the 1st group at three points: 1st. they left England in different ways, 2nd. they were different people in nature , and 3rd. they came to the new world for different purpose The puritans from England came to the new world on purpose to seek for freedom of religion, freedom Of speech , and freedom From want The different ideas against John Cotton Roger Williams put forward are democracy , tolerable religion and Separation of politics from religion The 2nd and 3rd puritan immigrants left England for the new continent on the board of May flower and Apollo The first and the second settlements were respectively named Jamestown and Plymouth The three main drafters of Declaration of Independence are Benjamin Franklin John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was not only the 1st but the 3rd president of the USA and the 1st president of Virginia University. The greatest 3 articles in The American Crisis are Common Sense ,The Rights of Man and The Age of Reason In the late 18th century, the most important events in American history are The War of Independence and The revolution of Independence Two books by Franklin which is the most widely read are Autobiography of Franklin And Poor Richard’s Almanac Among the poets of colonial America, the writer who gained the honor of Father of Poetry is just Philip Freneau rather than Anne Bradstreet or Edward Taylor . The revolutionary writer and poet, Thomas Paine and Philip Freneau are two brave fighters who fought with their pens as weapons. Romantic period Romantic period is marked from the