A Nation is Born: Early National Literature ( ) Literature of the Period

A Time of Crisis Revolutionary period produced public writing Newspapers, magazines, & almanacs popular Writing of permanent importance=political writing – Speeches (Patrick Henry) – Pamphlets (Thomas Paine) – Documents (Declaration of Independence & Constitution of the United States)

Cultural and Art Verse appeared in most newspapers Broadside ballads (“The Dying Redcoat”) Poets such as Philip Freneau, Joel Barlow, and Phillis Wheatley Michel-Guillame Crevecoeur—Frenchman who owned a plantation in New York Poor Richard’s Almanac Slave narratives

Culture and Art Many theaters were built New colleges were established Painters=Copley, Stuart, Trumbull, Peale Hymns & patriotic songs popular