PART 1 THE LITERATURE OF COLONIAL AMERICA
PART 2 THE LITERATURE OF REASON AND
REVOLUTION
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
THOMAS PAINE
THOMAS JEFFERSON
PHILIP FRENEAU
PART 3 THE LITERATURE OF ROMANTICISM
WASHINGTON IRVING
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
EDGAR ALLAN POE
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
HERMAN MEL VILLE
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW