Foundation of American Children's Literature and its Famous Representatives
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/Keywords:
moral lessons, colonial period, Post-Revolutionary, fairy tale, adventure, fantasy novelAbstract
This article discusses in detail the periods of development of American literature, the famous works created in those periods, and their authors.
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