I. The New Land (To 1750)
Representative works including:

  • "Upon the Burning of Our House" and "To My Dear and Loving Husband"

  • —Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
  • from The General History of Virginia —John Smith (1580-1631) 
  • from Of Plymouth Plantation —William Bradford (1590-1657) 
  • "Huswifery" and "Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold" —Edward Taylor (1642-1729) 
  • from The History of the Dividing Line —William Byrd (1674-1744) 
  • from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" —Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) 
  • from The Wonders of the Invisible World —Cotton Mather (1663-1728) 







Sites That You May Find Useful

Anne Bradstreet Works and Bibliography
John Smith Bibliography
Anne Bradstreet General Info
Info on Many American Literature Authors
Of Plymouth Plantation (excerpts)
William Bradford Brief bio
The General History of Virginia (1624)
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The Chronology of the Life of Jonathan Edwards
Resources for studying Edwards
The Cotton Mather Home Page







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

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