Excerpt from On the Development of American Literature From 1815 to 1833: With Especial Reference to Periodicals Indeed, the historian seldom finds an epoch more distinctly marked than was that which began about 1815. This year saw the close of our war at home,1 and the battle of Waterloo abroad. Both in America and in Europe circumstances favored a re adjustment of conditions, political, economic, and literary. This was especially true in the United States, where the nation first really saw its destiny. Says Henry Adams:2 ...
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Excerpt from On the Development of American Literature From 1815 to 1833: With Especial Reference to Periodicals Indeed, the historian seldom finds an epoch more distinctly marked than was that which began about 1815. This year saw the close of our war at home,1 and the battle of Waterloo abroad. Both in America and in Europe circumstances favored a re adjustment of conditions, political, economic, and literary. This was especially true in the United States, where the nation first really saw its destiny. Says Henry Adams:2 Until 1815, nothing in the future of the American Union was regarded as settled. As late as January, 1815, division into several nation alities was thought to be possible. And again:3 In 1815 for the first time Americans ceased to doubt the path they were to follow. Not only was the unity of their nation established, but its probable divergence from older societies was also well defined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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