William Bradford the first governor of the Plymouth Plantation letters and other prose writings The History Of Plymouth Plantation
John Winthrop the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Journal The History of New England
Influence of Puritanism to America

For a time, Puritanism evokes antipathy and disgust in the minds of many Americans because of
its religious intolerance and bigotry Its killjoy way of life
British
Negro
Slaves were introduced into Virginia (1619) and spread to New England.
In the 16th Century, the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, and other Parts of Central and South America had been occupied by the Spanish.
Frenchman American Indians Negroes Dutch
All contributedGermans to the forming of and Scotch-Irish the American civilization, but the colonies that became the Swedes first United States were for the most part sustained by English traditions….
American Literature
Lecture 2 Colonial American Literature
By 张慧 hzhang8311@
Contents
Historical
Background Major literary forms Writers of Colonial period Puritan Poets of colonial period
Indian
American Literature
Oral Literature
White
American Literature
travelogue, journal, reports, letters historical records, religious tracts, pious
puritans’ metaphorical mode of perception American literary symbolism: Hawthorne, Melville and Howells, etc.
Colonial American Literature - Major literary forms
Early in the 17th Century, the English Settlements in Virginia and Massachusetts began the main stream of what we recognize as the American national history.
Contemplations (9)
Anne Bradstreet

Rhythm
I heard the merry grasshopper then sing. a The black-clad cricket bear a second part; b They kept one tune and played on the same string. a b Seeming to glory in their little art. c Shall creatures abject thus their voices raise And in their kind resound their Maker’s Praise c Whilst I, as mute, can warble forth no higher lays? c
believing that the Church should be restored to
the ―purity‖ of the first-century Church as established by Jesus Christ himself.
Religious
belief
original sin
poetry
Writers of Colonial Period — First Group

John Smith (1580-1631) founder of the colony of Jamestown, Virginia ―the first American writer‖ A Map of Virginia; General History of Virginia

制
American Puritanism
Origins
Calvinism, John Calvin (1509-1564), French
theologian
Puritanism
a religious reform movement that arose within
the Church of England in the late 16th century. the practices and beliefs of the Puritans who were a group of serious, religious people, advocating highly religious and moral principles.
Anne Dudley Bradstreet (1612-1672)



born and educated in England came to America in 1630 with her father and husband the first noted poetess in colonial period good at dealing with simple events of daily life The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America

Characteristics of writings - first group

These above-mentioned works deal with the authors’ adventure experiences in the new continent the geographical introduction of the colonies Significance of these works historical significance Literary: simplicity, honesty and candidness

A dominant factor of American life and one of the most enduring shaping influences in American thought and literature optimism of puritans
Walt Whitman, Emerson and Thoreau
Spanish
The British Settlers – two groups

Explorers like Captain John Smith
1607 Jamestown, Virginia for adventure and commercial gains

Puritans (New England Settlers )
The first permanent English settlement in North America was established at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.
Puritan
Puritan
A
―would-be purifier‖ An idealist
Anne Bradstreet Edward Taylor
Characteristics
of puritan writing
Historical Background
Time
Early 17th Century – the middle of the 18th C
Population anism
Population
Native
Indians (2000 tribes originally)
European
Settlers: Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, German, Swedish and Portuguese Settlers: two groups

Writers of Colonial Period — Second Group: Puritan Writers John Cotton
the first major intellectual spokesman of the