美国文学史与选读期末复习题.docx

Captain John Smith became the first America n writer. The purita ns looked upon themselves as a chosen people. Poor Richard s Almanac is an annual collecti on of proverbs written by Benjamin Franklin. Thomas Paine s famous pamphlet CommonSense boldly advocated a “ Declarati on for In depe ndence ”. Thomas Jeffers on drafted the Declaration of Independence with Joh n Adams, Benjam in Fran kli n, Roger Sherma n, and Robert Liv in gst on. Philip Freneau has been called the “ Father of America n Poetry ”. In Washington I rving s Sketch Book appeared the first modern short stories and the first g