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SUMMARY:Early American Literature and Culture at the Nation's Foundin
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DTSTAMP:20260421T144300Z
DTSTART:20260618T230000Z
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LOCATION:105 Lakewood Dr, Luling, LA 70070, United States
ROOM: Meeting Room (West)
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Michael Martin, Associate Professor of English at Nicholls
  State University, explores how the advent of the American Revolution brou
 ght to the forefront a national awareness of what constitutes "Americ
 an" literature. Authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Washington Ir
 ving, considered "Americanness" or tried to create fiction based
  upon a national ideal. Early American literature came from a variety of g
 enres -- Native American oratory, essay writing, the sketch form, short fi
 ction, and more. This talk explores how founding documents, including the 
 Constitution and the rights therein, helped shape early American literatur
 e and culture. In art, landscape paintings of American scenes also came to
  the forefront.Dr. Martin specializes in 19th-century American Literature.
  He enjoys teaching Early American Literature, British Literature, and Aca
 demic and Professional Writing.
URL:https://www.myscpl.org/event/revolutionary-era-literature-and-culture-
 21531
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