American Literature

acquaintance admired American literature artistic born Breitmann Brer Fox Brer Rabbit Bret Harte Bryant Calvinist Carlyle century character color Cooper criticism death divine E. T. A. Hoffman Emerson England English literature epic Essays Eugene Field Europe expression faith fallow fame famous father feelings German gift Harriet Beecher Stowe Hawthorne's heart hero human humor humorists idea ideal imitation James John Kellner language Leatherstocking Tales literary live Longfellow Lowell lyric Mark Twain ment native Natty Bumppo nature negro never novel Oliver Wendell Holmes place like home poem poet poetic poetry political prose Puritan Puritan spirit reader reminds says sing sketches soil song sort soul species stanzas Stedman story style tale Tar-Baby There's no place things Thoreau thought tion to-day trait Uncle Tom's Cabin verse village Walt Whitman Whittier whole wife woman words writers wrote young youth