| Early American Literature: A Comparatist Approach Subjects: American literature -- Colonial period ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism; American literature -- Revolutionary period 1775-1783 -- History and criticism; American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism; Literature Comparative; A. Owen Aldridge shows that early American literature is not an isolated phenomenon, but one affected by the same influences which operated upon other literatures of the period. |