. A history of the United States . his field. General literature was at a low ebb for a long time, and itwas not until Charles Brockden Brown published his novelsduring the last years of the eighteenth century, that therewas much indication of a literature that could be calledAmerican. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), with his Thanatopsis (1817), was theforerunner of poets soon to fol-low. The founding of TheNorth American Review (1815)was also an indication of achange. James FenimoreCooper (1789-1851), who pub-lished his first novel in 1821,showed not only that Americacould produce writers,
. A history of the United States . his field. General literature was at a low ebb for a long time, and itwas not until Charles Brockden Brown published his novelsduring the last years of the eighteenth century, that therewas much indication of a literature that could be calledAmerican. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), with his Thanatopsis (1817), was theforerunner of poets soon to fol-low. The founding of TheNorth American Review (1815)was also an indication of achange. James FenimoreCooper (1789-1851), who pub-lished his first novel in 1821,showed not only that Americacould produce writers, but thatin the new world were scenesand characters admirably fittedfor their pen. WashingtonIrving (1783-1859), by hisgraceful essays and sketches andhis pure English, did much to raise the estimation in whichAmerican literature was lield, both at home and 1840 new writers came into prominence: among themHenry Wads worth Longfellow (1807-1882), whose works arefamiliar the land over, and also John Greenleaf VVliittier. EDGAR A. POE. GENERAL LITERATURE. 409
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