III. A Growing Nation (1800-1840)
Representative works including:

  • "To a Waterfowl" and "Thanatopsis" —William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
  • The Devil and Tom Walker —Washington Irving (1783-1859)
  • from The Praire —James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)
  • "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Raven", and other works by Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)







Sites That You May Find Useful
Brief bio James Fenimore Cooper
Life & overview James Fenimore Cooper
Timeline of Cooper
Criticism & Life of Poe
Poe & the short story
Complete collection of poems Poe







RETURN TO THE MAIN PAGE
THE NEW LAND
THE COLONIAL PERIOD
THE NEW ENGLAND RENAISSANCE
DIVISION, WAR, AND RECONCILIATION
REALISM AND THE FRONTIER
THE MODERN AGE
CONTEMPORARY WRITERS

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