LIT 374 and ENGL 650: Early American Literature

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• American Drama (1714-1915)
• Early American Fiction (1789-1915)
• American Poetry (colonial times to present)

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• American Colonial Period, 1607-1765 (e.g., works by Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Mary Rowlandson)
• Revolutionary and Early American Period, 1765-1830

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