Chapter 1 EARLY AMERICA TO 1750　INTRODUCTION William Bradford( 1590-1657 )　　　from Of Plymouth Plantation Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)　　　To My Dear and Loving Husband　LITERARY FOCUS　READING FOR APPRECIATION　VOICE OF THE AGEChapter 2 REASON AND REVOLUTION 1750-1800　INTRODUCTION　　Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)　　　from Poor Richard' s Almanac　　Thomas Paine (1737-1809)　　　from The American Crisis Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)　　　The Declaration of Independence　LITERARY FOCUS　READING FOR APPRECIATION　VOICE OF THE AGEChapter 3 NATIVE GROUNDS 1800-1840　INTRODUCTION Washington Irving(1783-1859)　　　Rip Van Winkle　 James Fenimore Cooper ( 1789-1851 )　　　from The Last of the Mohicans　 William Cullen Bryant(1794-1878)　　　Thanatopsis　 Edgar Allan Poe(1809-1849)　　　To Helen　　　The Raven　LITERARY FOCUS　READING FOR APPRECIATION　VOICE OF THE AGEChapter 4 NEW ENGLAND RENAISSANCE 1840-1855　INTRODUCTION　 Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)　　　from Nature　　　from Self Reliance　 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)　　　from The Scarlet Letter　 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)　　　A Psalm of Life　　　The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls　LITERARY FOCUS　READING FOR APPRECIATION　VOICE OF THE AGEChapter 5 CONFLICT AND CELEBRATION 1855-1880　INTRODUCTION　 Walt Whitman(1819-1892)　　　from Song of Myself　　　O Captain ! My Captain !　　……Chapter 6 REGIONALISM AND REALISM 1880-1910Chapter 7 THE BLOOM OF MODERNISM 1910-1930Chapter 8 MID-CENTURY VOICES 1930-1960Chapter 9 IN OUR TIME 1960-PRESENTBIBLIOGRAPHY