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American Literature: Prose, fiction and nonfiction of the American colonies and the United States, written in the English language from about 1600 to the present. This literature captures America’s quest to understand and define itself. Part 1 of ebook "American Literature: Prose, Drama, Poetry" presents content related to "American Literature: Prose" as: Beginnings (the 1500s and 1600s), toward independence (the 1700s), nationhood (the 1800s), modernism (the 1900s), current trends. Inviting you to refer. | American Literature Prose Drama Poetry Article From Microsoft Encarta 2008. 1993-2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Compiled by Masoud Abadi And Iman Kiaee imankiaee@ Table of Contents Prose I. INTRODUCTION 11 II. BEGINNINGS THE 1500S AND 1600S 11 A. Exploration Narratives 12 B. Histories 13 C. Religious Writings 19 III. TOWARD INDEPENDENCE THE 1700S 27 A. Religious Writings 28 B. Travel Narratives 29 C. Journalism 30 D. Political Writing 31 E. Voices Outside the Mainstream 43 F. The First American Fiction 50 IV. NATIONHOOD THE 1800S 50 A. Manifestations of Nationhood 51 1. History 51 2. Early Fiction Irving 52 3. Westward Expansion 54 4. Biography 56 .