American Lit Timeline

Question 1

• Walton’s “The Compleat Angler”
• Milton’s “Lycidas”
• Bunyans “The Pilgrim’s Progess”

A. Puritan Period (1625-1660)
B. Colonial Period (1630-1760)
C. Revolutionary Period (1760-1787)
D. Nationalist Period (1828-1836)

Answer 1

Puritan Period (1625-1660)

Question 2

• Franklin’s “Poor Richard’s Almanack”
• Bradstreets “The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America”
• Edward’s “The freedom of the Will
• William & Hooker’s “Bay Psalm Book”

A. Puritan Period (1625-1660)
B. Colonial Period (1630-1760)
C. Revolutionary Period (1760-1787)
D. Nationalist Period (1828-1836)

Answer 2

Colonial Period (1630-1760)

Question 3

• Cooper’s “Leatherstocking Tales”
• Emerson’s “Nature”
• Poe’s “The Raven and Other Poems”
• Irving’s “Rip van Winkle” and “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

A. Puritan Period (1625-1660)
B. Colonial Period (1630-1760)
C. Revolutionary Period (1760-1787)
D. Nationalist Period (1828-1836)

Answer 3

Nationalist Period (1828-1836)

Question 4

• Freneau’s “The British Prison Ship
• “The Indian Burying Ground”
• Tyler’s “The Contrast”
• Brown’s “The Power of Sympathy”

A. Puritan Period (1625-1660)
B. Colonial Period (1630-1760)
C. Revolutionary Period (1760-1787)
D. Nationalist Period (1828-1836)

Answer 4

Revolutionary Period (1760-1787)