Part One Colonial America Chapter I American Puritanism 1 The New World 2 Puritan Fathers 3 The Puritan Principles 4 Characteristics of American Puritans 5 The Puritan Heritage Chapter II The Colonial Literature 1 Characteristics of the Colonial Literature 2 William Bradford 3 Anne Bradstreet 4 Edward Taylor 5 Jonathan Edwards Part Two America Independence Chapter I American Revolution and Enlightenment …… Chapter II The Literature of Revolution and Enlightenment Chapter III Benjamin Franklin Part Three The Age of Romanticism Chapter I The Rise of American Romanticism Chapter II Early Romanticism Chapter III Late Romanticism Part Four The Age of Realism Chapter I The Rise of Realism Chapter II Three Major Novelists of Realism Chapter III Four Novelists of Naturalism Chapter IV Other Writers of Social Criticism Part Five The Age of Modernism Chapter I The Rise of Modernism Chapter II Modern Poets Chapter III Imagist and Symbolist Poets Chapter IV Modern Novelists Chapter V Modern Playwrights Chapter VI Some Contemporary Writers Appendix Glossary of Literary Terms References