Siren of Saturn
hmm...well..i would say the 1600's and up. Particularly literature of people coming over from Europe to america. I don't think it would be classified as "american" literature yet as being that america didn't quite exist yet ^_^ I love the faith, strength, and endurance of the people coming over. Makes me think i can, and really should be able to go through anything without complaining as much as i do now.
Really?
I've always classed, and been taught to class it as American literature as it was more often than not written in America, no matter how much or how little of America was established at the time.
My literature teacher gave the more classic examples of British literature, such as
Pilgrims progress, Robinson Crusoe and
Virtue rewarded (otherwise known as Pamela). The sort of Novels and poetry that are typical cited as Augustan literature, which true enough is more 1700's, but it can have it's routes traced to the mid 1600's.
I feel that this era was also incredibly good for satirical and dramatic playwrights. The likes of
Beggar's Opera, The Conscious Lovers and probably one of the more famous from the era;
Cato. It was really a beautiful time for Englands playwrights, with reign to develop a real sense of Melodrama and tragedy. Though unfortunately the Liscensing act of 1737 put an end to a lot of the progression made in the year prior to it's introdution.
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