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What's in a Date? Temporalities of Early American Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Sandra M. Gustafson
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Extract

It's time for a pop quiz. you have ten minutes. (is your heart racing? take a deep breath.)

What major events in American literature and American history took place in and around the following years?

(1) 1789

(2) 1800

(3) 1820

(4) 1830

Type
Theories and Methodologies
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PMLA , Volume 128 , Issue 4 , October 2013 , pp. 961 - 967
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Copyright © 2013 by The Modern Language Association of America

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