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| Preface | |
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| Creating an American Culture | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Inventing an American Language and Literature | |
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| Educating American Citizens | |
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| Narrating Nationhood | |
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| Contesting Popular Culture | |
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| Encountering the Other | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Documents Inventing an American Language and Literature | |
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| A Poem on the Rising Glory of America(1772) | |
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| The Conquest of Can�an; A Poem, in Eleven Books(1785) | |
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| The Vision of Columbus; A Poem in Nine Books(1787) | |
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| A Scheme for a New Alphabet and Reformed Mode of Spelling(1768) | |
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| Dissertations on the English Language(1789) | |
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| A Collection of Essays and Fugitive Writings(1790) | |
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| Educating American Citizens | |
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| Thoughts Upon the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic(1786) | |
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| Plan of a Federal University(1788) | |
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| Last Will and Testament(1799) | |
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| "The Story of Margaretta" inThe Gleaner(1798) | |
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| The American Spelling Book(1788) | |
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| Narrating Nationhood | |
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| The History of the American Revolution(1790) | |
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| History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution(1805) | |
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| The Life of George Washington(1800; ninth edition, 1809) | |
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| The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill(1786) | |
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| George Washington at the Battle of Princeton(1780–81) | |
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| George Washington(1797) | |
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| Contesting Popular Culture | |
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| Charlotte: A Tale of Truth(1794) | |
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| Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague O'Regan, His Servant(1792) | |
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| The Contrast(1787) | |
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| Encountering the Other | |
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| Notes on the State of Virginia(1787) | |
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| Greenfield Hill: A Poem in Seven Parts(1794) | |
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| The Death of Jane McCrea(1804) | |
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| Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and Country of the Chactaws(1791) | |
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