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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 8 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 2: the early drama, 1756-1860 (search)
's contrast. William Dunlap. J. N. Barker. J. H. Payne. beginning of the creative period. Stone's Metamora. the Philadelphia group: R. M. Bird, R. P. Smith, Conrad, Boker. types of drama. romantic tragedy. historical and national plays. comedy and melodrama. the Yankee plays. the realistic New York drama. social satird in 1829, and The triumph at Plattsburg (1830), concerned with McDonough's victory on Lake Champlain, are vigorous plays and were well received. Although Robert T. Conrad's historical play of Jack Cade, first acted in Philadelphia in 1835, was not written originally for Forrest, it was through his acting that it received its bey, produced by Charles Kean in 1831 and based on the massacre at Thessalonica in the fourth century A. D. Dunlap's Leicester (1794), Barker's Marmion (1812), and Conrad's Jack Cade (1835) are the best of the dozen dealing with English history, while the historical interest is also definite in such tragedies as John Burk's Female
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)
Common sense, 120, 141 Common sense in Dishabille, 236 Companions of Columbus, 249 Compensation, 336, 352 Complaint of a Forsaken Indian woman, the, 213 Condorcet, 91 Conduct of life, 359 Confessions (Rousseau), 199 Confidence man, the, 323 Conflagration, the, 160 Congress Canvassed, the, 136 Congreve, 116 Conner, Charlotte Barnes, 223, 224, 225 Conquest of Canaan, the, 165-166 Conquest of Canada, the, 217 Conquest of Granada, the, 101, 249, 257 Conrad, Robert T., 222, 224 Considerations on behalf of the colonies, etc., 129 Considerations on the nature and the extent of the legislative authority of the British Parliament, 135 Considerations on the propriety of imposing taxes in the British colonies, etc., 130 Contemplations, 155 Contrast, the, 218, 219, 220, 227, 229, 232 Contrat social, 102, 119 Cook, Captain, 186 Cool thoughts on the present situation, etc., 98 Coombe, Thomas, 163 Cooper, J. Fenimore, 187, 208, 209