Paper Details

Name: Gagneet Gill
Country: India

Year: 2016
Volume: Volume-3, Issue-1 (January-June)
Page Number: 83-86

Literature has been called a mirror to the society. Wherever there are human beings, there is literature. Literature is the record of events in the human history. It is people’s experiences and impressions of the life. Literature can be in any form such as letters, diaries, novel, plays, poems, pamphlets and essays etc.
American literature began with the first colonies of Virginia and New England. The colonist from these countries brought with them the literary wealth of their countries. A number of American writers were English migrants who began writing in 16th century. Though American literature is a large and important part of English literature, but still too little of it is known on the European side of Atlantic. During the last 30 years of the 18th century, Americans began writing about their government. The one contemporary figure, who contributed a lot to the cause of Americanism was Benjamin Franklin (1706-90). He embodied the “American idea” and practiced a simple life.