Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. ONE. Introduction 1
6. PART I. STYLE AND STRUCTURE
7. Introduction 21
8. TWO. Anne Bradstreet: Some Thoughts on the Tenth Muse 25
9. THREE. Edward Taylor and the American Baroque 53
10. PART II. THEME AND IDEOLOGY
11. Introduction 89
12. FOUR. The Many Versions of Polly Baker: Deism and Human Rights 97
13. FIVE. Paine and Dickinson: Politics and Literature 131
14. SIX. The Concept of Ancients and Moderns in American Poetry of the Federal Period 158
15. SEVEN. The Apex of American Literary Nationalism 186
16. PART III. THE TWO AMERICAS: NORTH AND SOUTH
17. Introduction 209
18. EIGHT. Thomas Paine and Latin American Independence 215
19. NINE. The Enlightenment in the Americas 261
20. TEN. Conclusion 295
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
22. INDEX 315
23. Backmatter 323