Anoka Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus
English 2230: American Literature to 1865
Course Handouts -- The Colonial Period
(a.k.a. The Age of Exploration/Discovery/Encounter; The Age of Puritanism)
General Information:
Thinking about the Historical Background
Lecture Notes on "Revisionist" Ideas about American Literature
Pilgrims and Puritans Comparison Table
An Introduction to "Puritanism"
More Background Information on the Pilgrims and Puritans
A Quick Introduction to Some Technical Elements of Poetry
Specific Authors (alphabetical by last name):
William Bradford (Pilgrim Governor) - Lecture Notes
William Bradford - Talking Points
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet Poems: End-Rhyme Scheme Exercise
Anne Bradstreet Poems: End-Rhyme Scheme Answers
Anne Bradstreet Poems: Sample Scansion -- get copy from professor
William Byrd
Jonathan Edwards
Anne Hutchinson ("Troublemaker" for Winthrop)
Cotton Mather
Thomas Morton ("Troublemaker" for Bradford)
Francis Daniel Pastorius - Talking Points
Mary Rowlandson
Samuel Sewall
John Smith - Connections to Other Literature
Edward Taylor
Roger Williams ("Troublemaker" for Winthrop)
John Winthrop (Puritan Governor) - Lecture Notes