Early 1800s American Lit - Part 1 Flashcards
Satire of historians by the fictional author “Dietrich Knickerbocker” but really by Washington Irving
A History of New York
Famous short story and essay collection by Washington Irving, containing his two best known works
The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon
Washington Irving story where the title character drinks from a dwarf’s keg with his dog Wolf and then falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains for 20 years - Inspired by German folk story of Peter Klaus
Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving story where schoolmaster Ichabod Crane is scared away from his lover Katrina Van Tassel by rival Brom Bones dressed up as a headless horseman
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Collection of essays, sketches, and stories by Washington Irving made during a trip to a certain Spanish area
Tales of the Alhambra
Washington Irving work cataloging his experiences adventuring in the frontier for 30 days
A Tour of the Prairies
Long-time editor of the New York Evening Post who wrote the poem considering death, Thanatopsis
William Cullen Bryant
Book in Cooper’s Leatherstocking Series set in Templeton New York, Natty Bumppo is punished of killing dear while Elizabeth Temple marries Edward Effingham, settling the question of Judge Temple’s lands
The Pioneers
Most famous work in Cooper’s Leatherstocking Series, Alice and Cora Munro try to reunite with their father at Fort William Henry. They are opposed by Magua and the Hurons, but they are aided by Delaware tribe leader Chingachgook, his son Uncas, and Hawkeye (who is Natty Bumppo).
Last of the Mohicans
Work in Cooper’s Leatherstocking Series where an old Natty Bumppo dies, mostly following the rugged immigrant squatter Ishamel Bush and his wife Esther
The Prairie
Work in Cooper’s Leatherstocking Series where Natty Bumppo (called the title sobriquet in this novel) dumps Mabel Dunham after learning she loves Jasper Western. One of the rare times Natty is shown in love.
The Pathfinder
Pretty famous work in Cooper’s Leatherstocking Series set in Lake Otsego - Natty Bumppo and Hurry Harry March fight Hurons, while Judith Hunter fails to attract Natty.
The Deerslayer
Historical novel about American Revolutionary hero John Paul Jones, by James Fenimore Cooper. One of the earliest works of Nautical fiction in America.
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
Historical novel partially inspired by John Jay, subtitled “ A Tale of the Neutral Ground,” by Cooper
The Spy
Collection of manuscripts narrated by the title person, dramatizing the rent crisis in New York, by Cooper
Littlepage Manuscripts
Famous epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the title Acadian girl’s quest to reunite with her long lost love Gabriel, set during the historical Expulsion of the Acadians. Deep story of love, heartbreak, and hope.
Gabriel and the title character reunite finally in Philadelphia, where the title character is a nurse.
Evangeline
Most famous epic poem by Longfellow, about the title Ojibwe Indian’s raising by his grandmother Nokomis (daughter of the moon), his mother Wenonah’s seduction by the West-Wind, and the tragedy of his love for the woman Minnehaha.
The Song of Hiawatha
Perhaps partially true story by Longfellow about the title shy Mayflower passenger who tells John Alden to woo Priscilla Mullins for him, but with Priscilla ending up marrying John with the title character’s blessing.
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Poem by Longfellow about his childhood in Portland Maine
My Lost Youth
Poem by Longfellow about “a mighty man” working “under the chestnut tree”
The Village Blacksmith
Poem by Longfellow about kids playing at dusk, including “Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair.”
The Children’s Hour
Collection of poems by Longfellow depicting people at the title location in Sudbury MA, includes the famed Paul Revere’s Ride and the Saga of King Olaf, a story about the building of a large ship for a Norwegian king
Tales of a Wayside Inn
