Topics include: Anne Bradstreet, America's First Poet; Cotton Mather Publishes The Ecclesiastical History of New England; Phillis Wheatley becomes America's First Black Woman Poet; Washington Irving Publishes Rip Van Winkle; James Fenimore Cooper Publishes Last of the Mohicans; Ralph Waldo Emerson Initiates American Transcendentalism with Nature; Edgar Allan Poe Publishes The Raven
Presented by Jane Kaczmarek, Great American Authors presents the rich, literary tradition of American storytelling…No country has produced a greater group of writers in a shorter period of time than America. It has been an incredible journey of finding the nation’s voice, beginning with the first colonists in the 17th century to a small cadre of brilliant, 19th century, New England writers who defined the unique American experience and soul, to the whole country speaking out in the 20th Century against war, poverty, racism and alientation.
Featuring such greats as Poe…Dickinson…Twain…Alcott…Hemingway…Wolfe…Steinbeck…Vonnegut and Morrison.
Designed for literary enthusiasts and history buffs alike, Great American Authors: Since 1650 is a must for every 21st century library and classroom. Authors are presented in concise, stand-alone clips, in chronological order.
