American Lit

American Literature in the 18th Century

 

Rip Van Winkle, The Federalists Papers, The Last of the Mohicans, and The Star Spangles Banner, these and many more are just some of the literature that came out of 18th century american literture. Throughout the 18th Century the American Revolution greatly influenced some writers about what they were writing bout and what they would want to portray to their readers. The writers that rose above the others where Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine. Franklin wrote about culture in various pamphlets and papers and talked about the dispute between the colonies and Great Britain. Thomas Paine on the other hand moved from his native town of Englain to Philadelphia and eventually he published a pamphlet, Common Sense, which did much to influence the colonists to declare their independence against the British. The American Crisis papers helped the colonists through the hardest years of the war and helped them to have hope in winning their independence in the end. Overall there were many persuasive and helpful writers in the 18th century, to many to have ideal amount of time to tell about, however, if it wasn't for the works of these two courageous men the American Revolution might not have turned out the way it did and literature would not have been what it is today.