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Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
Pt. 1 | Creating an American Culture | 1 |
1 | Introduction | 3 |
2 | Inventing an American Language and Literature | 11 |
3 | Educating American Citizens | 27 |
4 | Narrating Nationhood | 39 |
5 | Contesting Popular Culture | 54 |
6 | Encountering the Other | 66 |
7 | Conclusion | 77 |
Pt. 2 | The Documents | 81 |
Inventing an American Language and Literature | 83 | |
1 | Philip Freneau and Hugh Henry Brackenridge, A Poem on the Rising Glory of America, 1772 | 83 |
2 | Timothy Dwight, The Conquest of Canaan; A Poem, in Eleven Books, 1785 | 88 |
3 | Joel Barlow, The Vision of Columbus; A Poem in Nine Books, 1787 | 93 |
4 | Benjamin Franklin, A Scheme for a New Alphabet and Reformed Mode of Spelling, 1768 | 99 |
5 | Noah Webster, Dissertations on the English Language: with Notes, Historical and Critical, 1789 | 102 |
6 | Noah Webster, A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings, 1790 | 108 |
Educating American Citizens | 110 | |
7 | Benjamin Rush, Thoughts Upon the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic, 1786 | 110 |
8 | Benjamin Rush, Plan of a Federal University, 1788 | 120 |
9 | George Washington, Last Will and Testament, 1799 | 124 |
10 | Judith Sargent Murray, On the Equality of the Sexes, 1790 | 127 |
11 | Judith Sargent Murray, The Story of Margaretta, 1798 | 132 |
12 | Noah Webster, The American Spelling Book, 1789 | 138 |
Narrating Nationhood | 149 | |
13 | David Ramsay, The History of the American Revolution, 1789 | 149 |
14 | Mercy Otis Warren, History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution, 1805 | 161 |
15 | Mason Locke Weems, The Life of George Washington; with Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honourable to Himself and Exemplary to his Young Countrymen, 1809 | 173 |
16 | John Trumbull, The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Banker's Hill, 1786 | 185 |
17 | John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, 4 July 1776, 1787 | 186 |
18 | Charles Willson Peale, George Washington at the Battle of Princeton, 1780-1781 | 187 |
19 | Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1797 | 188 |
Contesting Popular Culture | 189 | |
20 | Susanna Haswell Rowson, Charlotte. A Tale of Truth, 1794 | 189 |
21 | Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague O'Regan, His Servant, 1792 | 206 |
22 | Royall Tyler, The Contrast: A Comedy in Five Acts, 1787 | 217 |
Encountering the Other | 229 | |
23 | Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1787 | 229 |
24 | Timothy Dwight, Greenfield Hill: A Poem in Seven Parts, 1794 | 244 |
25 | John Vanderlyn, The Death of Jane McCrea, 1804 | 249 |
26 | William Bartram, Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws, 1791 | 250 |
App | A Selected Cultural Chronology of the United States of America (1771-1806) | 261 |
App.: Questions for Consideration | 264 | |
App.: Selected Bibliography | 265 | |
Index | 268 |
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