ENGL204 Lecture 3: September 20th
20 Sep 2018
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Emphasis on oratory - ministers in pulpit, lawyers in courts, officials in town halls. Literary genre - sermon , speech , proclamation , songs and ballads . 1639 - first printing press in cambridge, ma. 1740 - 38 master printers/shops in american colonies. Schooling -- literacy in colonial america (men vs. women) Have intense imagery in case you are still illiterate. Female sphere is defined by good posture, embellished, decorative, access to reading as a skill set. Hector de crevecoeur - letters of an american farmer. Putting down roots and laying claim to the land. Nothing artificial; it"s natural and comes from within (natural process) All of our different bloods and origins. All our natural characteristics from each nation are all suddenly mushed together. Englishmen are slightly better than everyone else in his opinion. Everybody is mixing - except for african americans and natives. Compare contrast selection between america and europe.
