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Title American colonial writers, 1606-1734 / Emory Elliott, editor.

Publication Info. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, 1984.

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Series Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 24
Dictionary of literary biography complete online
Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 24.
Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
Contents James Alexander (1691-1756) - George Alsop (1636-post 1673) - John Barnard (1681-1770) - Robert Beverley (circa 1673-1722) - Arthur Blackamore (1679-?) - James Blair (circa 1655-1743) - William Bradford (1590-1657) - Anne Bradstreet (1612 or 1613-1672) - Thomas Bray (1656-1730) - Thomas Budd (?-1698) - Mather Byles (17-7-1788) - William Byrd II (1674-1744) - Joseph Capen (1658-1725) - Charles Chauncy 1705-1787) - Ezekiel Cheever (1615-1708) - Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776) - Benjamin Colman (1673-1747) - Ebenezer Cook (circa 1667-circa 1732) - John Cotton (1584-1652) - John Danforth (1660-1730) - Samuel Danforth I (1626-1674) -- Samuel Danforth II (1666-1727) - Daniel Denton (circa 1626-1703) - Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747) - William Douglass (circa 1691-1752) - Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) - John Eliot (1604-1690) - Giles Firmin (1615-1697) - John Fiske (1608-1677) - William Fitzhugh (circa 1651-1701) - John Foster (1648-1681) - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) - Ebenezer Gay (1696-1787) - Daniel Gookin (1612-1687) - John Hammond (?-1663) - Daniel Henchman (1689-1761) - Thomas Hooker (1586-1647) - William Hubbard (circa 1621-1704) - John James (circa 1633-1729) - Edward Johnson (1598-1672) -- Samuel Johnson (1696-1772) - Hugh Jones (circa 1692-1760) - John Josselyn (?-1711) - Richard Lewis (circa 1700-1734) - James Logan (1674-1751) - Francis Makemie (circa 1658-1708) - Cotton Mather (1663-1728) - Increase Mather (1639-1723) - Richard Mather (1596-1669) - Jonathan Mitchel (1624-1668) - Joshua Moody (circa 1633-1697) - Nathaniel Morton (1613-1685) - Thomas Morton (circa 1579-circa 1647) - John Norton (1606-1663) - Nicholas Noyes (1647-1717) - Urian Oakes (circa 1631-1681) - Philip Pain (?-1666) - Francis Daniel Pastorius (1651-circa 1720) - Deuel Ped (?-1727) - William Penn (1644-1718) - Thomas Prince (1687-1758) - Mary Rowlandson (circa 1635-circa 1678) - John Saffin (circa 1626-1710) - George Sandys (1578-1644) - Joseph Sewall (1688-1769) - Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) - Thomas Shepard I (1604 or 1605-1649) -- Thomas Shepard II (1635-1677) - John Smith (1580-1631) - Josiah Smith (1704-1781) - Richard Steere (circa 1643-1721) - James Sterling (1701-1763) - Solomon Stoddard (1643-1729) - Samuel Stone (1602-1663) - William Stoughton (1631-1701) - Edward Taylor (circa 1642-1729) - Benjamin Tompson (1642-1714) - Nathaniel Ward (circa 1578-1652) - John Wheelwright (circa 1592-1679) - Alexander Whitaker (1585-1617) - Andrew White (1579-1656) - Samuel Whiting (1597-1679) - Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705) - Samuel Willard (1640-1707) - Roger Williams (circa 1603-1683) -John Wilson (1588-1667) - John Winthrop (1588-1649) - John Winthrop, Jr. (1606-1676) - John Wise (1652-1725) - Roger Wolcott (1679-1767) - William Wood (?-?) - Benjamin Woodbridge (1622-1684) - John Peter Zenger (1697-1746).
Summary Restores the place of early-American literature and its writers beyond just the New England sermon - long thought to be the only literary form accessible to the colonial population.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web.
Original Version Original: 415 p.
System Details Mode of access: Internet.
Subject American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Authors, American -- To 1700 -- Biography.
Authors, American.
Chronological Term To 1700
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject United States -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
United States.
Intellectual life.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 18th century
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Author Elliott, Emory, 1942-2009.
Gale Group.
ISBN 0810317036
9780810317031