2006-06-18 19:35:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I thought the first was James Fenimore Cooper's The Adventure's of Natty Bumpo. But it seems I may have been mistaken as I found this in the article whose link I have put below:
The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy (1789), by William Hill Brown, only shortly preceded the Gothic romance, Wieland (1799), by the first professional American novelist, Charles Brockden Brown.
2006-06-19 02:08:27 · answer #1 · answered by Shell 3 · 12⤊ 2⤋
Charles Brockden Brown's "Wieland", published in 1798, is the first American novel.
2006-06-19 07:43:05 · answer #2 · answered by smoot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, that may depend on the term "American." But here's what's generally regarded as the first:
William Hill Brown’s "The Power of Sympathy" (1789)
2006-06-19 03:44:53 · answer #3 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Grapes of Wrath?
2006-06-18 20:01:43 · answer #4 · answered by laurajc1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington Irving was the first important U.S. novelist. Find his titles. I forget which one was first.
2006-06-18 19:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by walterncool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋