MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND THEMES OF COLONIAL PERIOD IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Keywords:
colonial period, redemption, salvation, divine providence, sermons, poetry, prose, drama.Abstract
The main purpose of writing this article is giving information about colonial period in American literature, its characteristics, main themes and its significant impacts on the development and evolution of literary traditions in the United States.
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