A History of American LiteratureBoynton, Percy Holmes
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A History of American Literature
Boynton, Percy Holmes
American literature -- History and criticism
INCREASE MATHER. An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious
Providences. 1684.
=Available Edition=
With introductory preface by George Offor. London, 1890.
=Collections=
CAIRNS, W. B. Early American Writers, pp. 199-216.
DUYCKINCK, E. A. and G. L. Cyclopedia of American Literature,
Vol. I, p. 59.
STEDMAN and HUTCHINSON. A Library of American Literature, Vol.
II, pp. 75-106.
COTTON MATHER. The Wonders of the Invisible World. 1693.
Magnalia Christi Americana: or, The Ecclesiastical History of
New England, 1620-1698. 1702.
=Available Editions=
Magnalia. With notes, translations, and life. 1853. The Wonders,
etc. Reprints, Cambridge, 1861, 1862. */
=Biography and Criticism=
MARVIN, Rev. A. P. The Life and Times of Cotton Mather. 1892.
PARRINGTON, V. L. Cambridge History of American Literature. Vol.
I, Bk. I, in chap iii.
SPRAGUE, W. B. Annals of the American Pulpit, Vol. I, pp.
189-195. 1857.
TYLER, M. C. History of American Literature. Colonial Period.
Vol. I, chaps. xii, xiii.
=Collections=
CAIRNS, W. B. Early American Writers, pp. 217-237.
DUYCKINCK, E. A. and G. L. Cyclopedia of American Literature,
Vol. I, pp. 59-66.
STEDMAN and HUTCHINSON. Library of American Literature, Vol. II,
pp. 114-166.
SAMUEL SEWALL. Diary from 1673 to 1729. The only edition is
_Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., Ser. 5, Vols. VI-VIII_.
=Collections=
CAIRNS, W. B. Early American Writers, pp. 238-251.
STEDMAN and HUTCHINSON. Library of American Literature, Vol. II,
pp. 188-200.
=History and Criticism=
CHAMBERLAIN, N. H. (See General References.)
TYLER, M. C. (See General References.)
SARAH KEMBLE KNIGHT. Journals of Madame Knight. From the
original manuscripts written in 1704. T. Dwight, editor. 1825.
=Available Editions=
A Reprint, Albany, 1865.
A Reprint, Norwich, Conn., 1901.
=Collection=
STEDMAN and HUTCHINSON. Library of American Literature, Vol. II,
pp. 248-264.
=History and Criticism=
TYLER, M. C. (See General References.)
_Literary Treatment of the Period_
=Drama=
BARKER, J. N. Superstition, a Tragedy (1824), in _Representative
American Plays_ (edited by A. H. Quinn). 1917.
LONGFELLOW, H. W. The New England Tragedies.
WILKINS, MARY E. Giles Corey, Yeoman.
=Essays=
LOWELL, J. R. Witchcraft. Works, Vol. V.
WHITTIER, J. G. Charms and Fairy Faith, and Magicians and Witch
Folk in _Literary Recreations and Miscellanies_.
=Fiction=
AUSTIN, MRS. J. G. A Nameless Nobleman.
AUSTIN, MRS. J. G. Dr. Le Baron and his Daughter (sequel).
COOPER, J. F. The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish.
SIMMS, W. GILMORE. The Yemassee.
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