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Culture And Art, American Literature At Daybreak

Published on Apr 07, 2016

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CULTURE AND ART ~

During the revolutionary period, America began to establish a cultural identity.
Theaters were built from New York to Charleston
The plays produced were often pale imitations of dramas that had achieved success in Britain
Many of the dramas before the comedy, The Contrast, written in 1787, had no true American characters.
It is not hard to realize how the themes might appeal to audiences who had lived through the Revolution.

AMERICAN LITERATURE AT DAYBREAK

By the early 1800s, America could boast a small body of national literature.
The Native Americans had contributed haunting poetry and legends through their oral traditions.
The Puritans had written a number of powerful, inward-looking works.
A few poets and essayists had made a permanent mark on the literature of the young republic.
The colonial ages ended with a narrow volume of memorable literature

Annie Gischlar