# A History of American Literature

Author: Boynton, Percy Holmes, 1875-1946

Genre: Category: American Literature

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45353

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+History+of+American+Literature+Boynton&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In its beginnings American literature differs from the literatures of most other great nations; it was a transplanted thing. It sprang in a way like Minerva, full-armed from the head of Jove,--Jove in this case being England, and the armor being the heritage which the average American colonist had secured in England before he crossed the Atlantic. In contrast, Greek, Roman, French, German, English, and the other less familiar literatures can all be more or less successfully traced back to primitive conditions. Their early life was interwoven with the growth of the language and the progress of a rude civilization, and their earliest products which have come down to us were not results of a...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part II, The Life and Character of Dick Hairbrain of Finical](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-american-literature-45353/chapters/28/index.md)