American Writers and Their Works
16th and 17th Centuries
Authors arranged by date of birth
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16th and 17th Centuries -
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19th Century (1851-1900) -
20th Century
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- Nathaniel Ward (1578?-1653)
- "The Simple Cobler of Aggawam"
- John
Smith (1580-1631)
- William Bradford (1590-1657)
- John Winthrop (1588-1649)
- Roger Williams (1603?-1683)
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Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
- "Upon the
Burning of Our House"
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Selected Poems: "The Author to her Book," "By Night When Others Soundly
Slept," "Contemplations," "A Dialogue Between Old England and New," "The Flesh
and the Spirit," "The Four Ages of Man," "In Honour of that High and Mighty
Princess, Queen ELIZABETH," In Reference to Her Children, 23 June 1659,"
"Prologue," "To My Dear and Loving Husband," "Verses Upon the Burning of Our
House, July 18th, 1666"
- "The Mayflower Compact"
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Michael
Wigglesworth (1631-1705)
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Mary
Rowlandson (1635?-1678)
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Edward Taylor (1645?-1729)
- The
Poems of Edward Taylor: "Meditation 1," "I Am the Living Bread," "Things
Present," "I Go to Prepare a Place for You," "Let Him Kiss Me With the Kisse
of His Mouth," "Our Insufficiency to Praise God Suitable, for His Mercy,"
"And All Drunk the Same Spirituall Drinke"
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Samuel Sewall (1652-1730)
- "The Diary of Samuel Sewall"
- "The Selling of Joseph"
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Cotton Mather (1663-1728)
- Robert Beverley (1673?-1722)
- The History and Present State of Virginia
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William Byrd (1674-1744)
Index: Text Only -
Pictorial
16th and 17th Centuries -
18th Century -
19th Century (1801-1850) -
19th Century (1851-1900) -
20th Century
Sources for American Literature