The Beginning of American
Literature American has always been a land of
beginnings. After Europeans ’discovered’ America in the fifteenth century, the
mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life, an
escape from poverty and persecution, a chance to start again. We can say that,
as nation, America begins with that hope. When, however, does American
literature begin American literature begins with American
experiences. Long before the first colonists arrived, before Christopher
Columbus, before the Northmen who ’found’ America about the year 1,000, Native
Americans lived here. Each tribe’s literature was tightly woven into the fabric
of daily life and reflected the unmistakably American e A. The hope that America would be discovered. B. The hope to start a new life. C. The hope to see the mysteries of the New World. D. The hope to find poverty here.
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