Question

How is American literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries different from the literature written in Britain during the same period?
It includes poetry and prose.

It has uniquely American themes.

It speaks of God and God’s grace.

It was often written by preachers.

It has poety and poes

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) It has uniquely American themes.

American literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was different from the literature written in Britain during the same period in that it has uniquely American themes.

American literature in the 1800s is known as the Romantic Period. Writers and poets during this time wrote about specific situations that American people lived and faced during those years. They focused on topics that interested in American society and did not write about England or Europe. Among the famous authors of the time, we have Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.