11AmericanLiterature:Writers&WorksTheColonialPeriodTheAgeofReasonandEnlightenmentJohnSmithBenjaminFranklinWilliamBradfordThomasPaineJohnWinthropJohndeCrevecoeurJohnCottonJohnWoolmanRogerWilliamsPhilipFreneauCottonMatherPhilisWheatleyJonathanEdwardsCharlesBrockdenBrownAnneBradstreetEdwardTaylorTheAgeofRomanticismTheAgeofRealismWashingtonIrvingWilliamDeanHowellsJamesFenimoreCooperHenryJamesRalphWaldoEmersonMarkTwainHenryDavidThoreauStephenCraneNathanielHawthorneBenjaminFrankNorrisHermanMelvilleTheodoreDreiserEdgarAllanPoeEdwinArlingtonRobinsonWaltWhitmanJackLondonEmilyDickinsonO.HenryUptonSinclairTheColonialPeriod221. JohnSmith(1580-1631)ThefirstAmericanwriterwritinginEnglishTheGeneralHistoryofVirginia(1624)(Pocahontas)ADescriptionofNewEngland(1614)AMapofVirginia;WithaDescriptionoftheCountr(y612)2. WilliamBradford(1590-1657)FatherofAmericanhistoryThefirstgovernorofthePlymouthPlantation(1620)HistoryofPlymouthPlantation(1630,1856)3. JohnWinthrop(1588-1657)ThefirstgovernoroftheMassachusettsBayColonyThewriterwhobestexpressedthePuritanfaithinthecolonialperiodTheHistoryofNewEngland(twovolumes,1825,1826;1630——1649indiary)ModelofChristianCharity(sermon)4. JohnCotton(1584-1652)ThemosteminentandadmiredministerinthefirstgenerationofNewEnglandPuritans.5. RogerWilliams(1603-1683)TranslatedtheBibleintotheIndiantongueApuritandissenter,astaunchfighterforfreedomanddemocracyTheBloodyTenetofPersecutionforCauseofConscien<(e644)AKeyintotheLanguageofAmerica6. CottonMather(1663-1728)Aninexhaustiblewriter,producingmorethan500booksonanincrediblevarietyofsubjectsThemosteminentandadmiredministerinthefirstgenerationofNewEnglandPuritans.Askillfulpreacher,agreatPuritanhistorian,aneminenttheologian,agraduateofHarvardCollegeTheMagnaliaChristiAmerica(TheEcclesiasticalHistoryofNewEngland337. JonathanEdwards(1703T758)America'sfirstsystematicphilosopherContributedto“GreatAwakening”(1730sT740s)and“Transcendentalism”ForerunneroftheAmericantranscendentalismSinnersintheHandsofanAngryGodbesta...
