7: Literary Periods of American Literatures Flashcards
(13 cards)
Who were the settlers who came to Virginia in 1607?
Elizabethan Englishmen
Who settled in Plymouth in 1630?
Pilgrims
Who established Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Puritans
What did the New Englanders cultivate?
Tobacco Plantations
His earliest writing was historical and biographical
John Smith
He wrote for the purpose of advertising Virginia
John Smith
Who saved John Smith when he was about to be killed by the Indians?
Pocahontas
One of America’s writers whose books are still widely read
Benjamin Franklin
The most influential writing of Franklin
Poor Richard’s Almanack
A great national literature is the outgrowth of a vigorous national life
The First Creative Period
The most delicate and charming of all our early romancers
Nathaniel Hawthorne
This period has no distinct break between the period before and the period after Civil War
Second Creative Period
Real Name of Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens
