Asher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature November 18, 2024 Moving to America two years before the Declaration of Independence, as a master of rhetoric, Thomas Paine found himself in the right place, at the right time. The American Revolution had ravaged the thirteen colonies for years now, and prominent lawyers leading the revolution … More Thomas Paine and Common Nonsense
Rebel Farmers: A Song of Revolution, by Asher Sisneros There is George on his rooftop, screaming with glee,As he taxes us down to our knees;Rebel farmes united, rebel farmers we stand, Rebel farmers who fight hand-in-hand. The British are coming with a marvelous force, Because we demand a divorce. Rebel farmers united, rebel farmers we … More Rebel Farmers: A Song of Revolution
Asher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature November 4, 2024 The Founding Fathers laid the seeds that flourished into a new society. Their work resulted in the birth of a new nation, and each of them contributed differently to forming the character of this society. Different people will make arguments that different Founders exemplified … More The Archetypal American: Benjamin Franklin
Asher K. Sisneros Prof. Dr. Gary North American Literature October 28, 2024 The First Great Awakening saw a huge spiritual revival in the United States and parts of Europe. Itinerant preachers went around giving powerful sermons, often calling out church-goers for having counterfeit faith. Their audience was accused of attending church, reading their Bibles, and … More Whitefield, Edwards, and Great Awakening Literature
Asher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature October 21, 2024 Cotton Mather was among the most prominent New England writers and preachers during his life. His reach was most prominent in the American colonies, though people read his sermons in Great Britain as well. But like many Puritan preachers, he was concerned with far … More Cotton Mather’s Message to the General Court
Asher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature October 14, 2024 William Penn came from an affluent English family and inherited vast holdings in New England because of his father’s military service to the King of England. Naturally, those lands were named Pennsylvania. However affluent his father was, William Penn did not boast of his … More William Penn and Middle Class Morality
Asher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature October 4, 2024 John Cotton, John Winthrop, and Mary Rowlandson lived in America during the beginning of the English colonization. They were all Puritans who shared a common mission and calling, and they had a vision for what the Puritan experiment in the wilderness would look like. … More The Puritan Errand in the Wilderness
Asher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature September 30, 2024 John Winthrop and John Cotton were two prominent voices during the Puritan emigration to the New World through the 1630s. Cotton was an influential pastor, and Winthrop was a lawyer and landlord. Both of them were staunch believers in the economic, but more importantly, … More City on a Hill: The Puritan Experiment
Asher K. Sisneros Dr. Gary North American Literature September 24, 2024 William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation is one of the most culturally significant books on the English colonization of the New World. Plymouth was and has remained an irrelevant town, except for its historical significance. Yet even its historical significance—Squanto, The Mayflower Compact, communal property, … More Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
Asher K. Sisneros American Literature Dr. Gary North September 4, 2024 Cabeza de Vaca’s Adventures of the Unknown Interior of America and Las Casas’ A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies are two well-known Spanish manuscripts about the early colonization of North America. They may be similar in content and context, but the … More Destruction of the Indies by Las Casas
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