Perspectives of American Revolution and the American Landscape in Essay, Diary, Autobiography and History

FAIN: FT-11852-74

Cecelia Tichi
Boston University (Boston, MA 02215-1300)

To complete an essay on the literary history of the American Revolution, entitled "The American Revolution in Diary, Autobiography, and History." It will concern diaries and letters of John Adams and loyalist Governor Thomas Hutchinson, as well as the autobiography of Dr. Benjamin Rush and the Revolutionary War history of Mercy Otis Warren. To study 18th century American writers with particular attention to the theme of imperative reformation of the American environment in American literature between 1630-1855.