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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.) 4 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)
American Company from 1796 to 1805 and the influence he had upon the development of the stage at that time make it fitting to close this period with the date at which financial difficulty forced him to shut his doors. He became connected with the theatre again from--806 to 1811 and wrote even after that, but his later contribution was comparatively unimportant. This period is noteworthy also for the beginning of organized dramatic criticism in New York in the work of a group headed by Peter Irving and Charles Adams, who met after the play, wrote critiques in common, and secured their publication. The next period begins naturally with the work of James N. Barker of Philadelphia and John Howard Payne of New York. Barker's first play, Tears and Smiles, was produced in 1807. This comedy continued the representation of contemporary manners started in The contrast and reflected also the reproduction of recent events in the reference to the Tripoli pirates. In his dramatization of h
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)
o remove to America, 198 Inklings of adventure, 241 Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood, 263 n. Inscriptions, 263 n. Institutes (Calvin), 71 Interest of great Britain considered with regard to her colonies, the, 97 Intimations of immortality, 337 Introduction to the study of philosophy, 82 Invention of letters, the, 179 Iredell, James, 148 Ireland, J. N., 221, 221 n., 223 n., 228, 228 n., 229 n., 231 n. Irving, Ebenezer, 248, 251 Irving, John Treat, 251 Irving, Peter, 220, 248 Irving, Pierre, 259 Irving, Washington, 185, 191, 194, 208, 209, 21O, 233, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245-259, 264, 272, 276, 309, 310, 311, 318, 324 Irving, William, 246, 247 Isaac Bickerstaff, 111, 233 Isabella, Queen of Spain, 257 Israel Potter, 323 Italian sketch Book, an, 243 J Jack Cade, 222, 224 Jack Tier, 302 Jackson, Andrew, 186, 190, 222, 313 Jackson, Richard, 97 James, William, 348 Jane Talbot, 292 Jay, John, 91, 13