The Literature of the American People |
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WOOLMAN CRÈVECOEUR AND THE ROMANTIC | 8 |
EARLY TRAVELLERS AND OBSERVERS | 17 |
PURITAN PREACHERS AND PROSE WRITERS | 35 |
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