... that a writer needs is mostly gathered by the effects of the world around him/her, and this is how the geography and history of America have made an impact on American literature. THE COLONIAL PERIOD, from 1620-1720, was based upon the Puritan lifestyle. The Puritans were practical, intensely committed, and convinced of the rightness of their purpose. The Bible was the ... Bradstreet, author of HERE FOLLOW SOME VERSES UPON THE BURNING OF OUR HOUSE, JULY 10, 1666. It was the Puritans who most powerfully influenced the course of American literature and the formation of the American imagin...

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Rip Van Winkle and The Cask of Amontillado are two stories written during the period of romanticism. The period of romanticism is a time, in which Americans created a new writing technique different from the Europeans. Rip Van Winkle and The Cask of Amontillado contain many similarities, yet have many differences. Rip Van ... loved the wilderness and spent most of his time there. The scenes that take place in nature have more in common with the American Literature. American Literature is about man's animal instinct inside and the love for nature. The writing style of American Literature is w...

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