The New Nation and Its Literature

DALA: Digital American Literature Anthology
Edited by Michael O'Conner, Millikin University

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Author Biographies

William Cullen Bryant [Norton Anthology][Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology][Poetry Foundation]

Henry Wadsword Longfellow [Norton Anthology][Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology]

Oliver Wendell Holmes [Prentice Hall Anthology]

John Greenleaf Whittier [Norton Anthology][Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology]

Susanna Rowson [American Passages] [Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology]

Charles Brockden Brown [Heath Anthology] [Electronic Archive UCF][Cyclopedia of American Literature]

Washington Irving [American Passages][Norton Anthology][Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology]

James Fenemore Cooper [American Passages][Norton Anthology][Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology]

Unit Background, Secondary Sources

The Early American Novel: Introductory Notes by Donna Campbell

Gothic, Novel, and Romance: Brief Definitions by Donna Campbell