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• catalog abstract "Early American literature has traditionally been defined as writings in English by residents of the land that later became the United States. Thanks to this definition, it has only a modest reputation: "early" has come to mean "less"--Less American and less literary than American literature proper. In this book, the author redefines early American literature, calling it writings in English that reflect or have been influenced by the discovery, exploration, and settlement of the New World. The book discusses that linguistic criteria should have precedence over national origin in determining the national literature to which a given work rightfully belongs, and from this perspective he examines a variety of works in new and provocative ways. He analyzes Milton's Paradise Lost as an American poem that reflects the impact of the discovery and settlement of America on seventeenth-century religious culture; traces the semantic development of the English word Columbus from its first written appearance in 1553 to its identification with the United States after 1780; and compares in detail Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, William Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," and Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, viewing them as comparable - and American - writings, all concerned with comprehending the displacement of the remembered Old World by an altogether new one.".
• catalog contributor b5731040.
• catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 17th century.".
• catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 18th century.".
• catalog created "1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
• catalog description "Early American Literature as a Period of Literary History -- John Smith's True Relation and the Idea of American Literature -- Paradise Lost: Milton's American Poem -- Columbus: The Early American History of and English Word -- Franklin in His Element: The End of Early American Literature.".
• catalog description "Early American literature has traditionally been defined as writings in English by residents of the land that later became the United States. Thanks to this definition, it has only a modest reputation: "early" has come to mean "less"--Less American and less literary than American literature proper. In this book, the author redefines early American literature, calling it writings in English that reflect or have been influenced by the discovery, exploration, and settlement of the New World. The book discusses that linguistic criteria should have precedence over national origin in determining the national literature to which a given work rightfully belongs, and from this perspective he examines a variety of works in new and provocative ways. He analyzes Milton's Paradise Lost as an American poem that reflects the impact of the discovery and settlement of America on seventeenth-century religious culture; traces the semantic development of the English word Columbus from its first written appearance in 1553 to its identification with the United States after 1780; and compares in detail Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, William Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," and Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, viewing them as comparable - and American - writings, all concerned with comprehending the displacement of the remembered Old World by an altogether new one.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-244) and index.".
• catalog extent "xi, 254 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0300057946".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 17th century.".
• catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 18th century.".
• catalog subject "810.9/001 20".
• catalog subject "American literature Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 History and criticism Theory, etc.".
• catalog subject "American literature Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 History and criticism Theory, etc.".
• catalog subject "Canon (Literature)".
• catalog subject "Columbus, Christopher In literature.".
• catalog subject "Columbus, Christopher.".
• catalog subject "Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog subject "Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.".
• catalog subject "PS185 .S67 1994".
• catalog subject "Smith, John, 1580-1631. True relation of such occurences and accidents of noate as hath happened in Virginia since the first planting of that collony.".
• catalog subject "Smith, John, 1580-1631. True relation.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Early American Literature as a Period of Literary History -- John Smith's True Relation and the Idea of American Literature -- Paradise Lost: Milton's American Poem -- Columbus: The Early American History of and English Word -- Franklin in His Element: The End of Early American Literature.".
• catalog title "A new world of words : redefining early American literature / William C. Spengemann.".
• catalog type "text".