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问题：老师叫我们要用英文介绍关于美国文学的东东,可以是特定历史时期或者是历史特点,也可以是人物,我想要精彩点的,好难找英文的啊,有没有什么好文章或好的英文网址介绍一下啊?
答案：↓↓↓ 施鸿宝的回答： 网友采纳 Americanliterature AmericanliteratureisthewrittenorliteraryworkproducedintheareaoftheUnitedStatesanditsprecedingcolonies.Formorespecificdiscussionsofpoetryandtheater,seePoetryoftheUnitedStatesandTheaterintheUnitedStates.Duringitsearlyhistory,AmericawasaseriesofBritishcoloniesontheeasterncoastofthepresent-dayUnitedStates.Therefore,itsliterarytraditionbeginsaslinkedtothebroadertraditionofEnglishliterature.However,uniqueAmericancharacteristicsandthebreadthofitsproductionusuallynowcauseittobeconsideredaseparatepathandtradition. Beginning WhiletheNewEnglandcolonieshaveoftenbeenregardedasthecenterpieceofearlyAmericanliterature,thefirstEuropeansettlementsinNorthAmericahadbeenfoundedelsewheremanyyearsearlier.ManytownsareolderthanBoston,suchasSaintAugustine,Jamestown,SantaFe,Albany,andNewYork.Furthermore,EnglishwasnottheonlylanguageinwhichearlyNorthAmericantextswerewritten—SpanishandFrenchweretwoofthestrongestcolonialliterarytraditionsinthecoloniesthatnowcomprisetheUnitedStates,anditiscommontoincludetextsbyálvarNúñezCabezadeVacaandSamueldeChamplainalongsideEnglishlanguagetextsbyThomasHarriotandJohnSmithindiscussionsofearlyAmericanliterature.TheeventualemergenceoftheEnglishlanguagewashardlyinevitable.[1]Moreover,wearenowawareofthewealthoforalliterarytraditionsalreadyexistingonthecontinentamongthenumerousdifferentNativeAmericangroups. ThelargeinitialimmigrationtoBostoninthe1630s,thehigharticulationofPuritanculturalideals,andtheearlyestablishmentofacollegeandaprintingpressinCambridgeallgaveNewEnglandasubstantialedge.However,politicaleventseventuallywouldmakeEnglishthelinguafrancaforthecoloniesatlargeaswellastheliterarymediumofchoice.OnesucheventistheconqueringofNewAmsterdambytheEnglishin1664,whichwasrenamedNewYork.ThefirstitemprintedinPennsylvania(titleunknown,forit'shardlyfactual)wasinGermanalthoughitissuedfromthepressestablishedbyanimmigrantEnglishman,andwasthelargestbookprintedinanyofthecoloniesbeforetheAmericanRevolution. Theprintingpresswasactiveinmanyareas,fromCambridgeandBostontoNewYork,Philadelphia,andAnnapolis.From1696to1700,onlyabout250separateitemswereissuedinalltheseplacescombined.ThisisasmallnumbercomparedtotheoutputoftheprintersinLondonatthetime.However,printingwasestablishedintheAmericancoloniesbeforeitwasallowedinmostofEngland.InEnglandrestrictivelawshadlongconfinedprintingtofourlocations:London,York,Oxford,andCambridge.Becauseofthis,thecoloniesventuredintothemodernworldearlierthantheirprovincialEnglishcounterparts. | 
