PART Ⅰ A BRIEF NOTE FOR AMERICAN LITERATURE The Colonial Period(1607-1763) ... 9 The Revolutionary Period(1763-1810) ... 17 The Romantic Period(1810-1865) ... 24 The Triumph of Realism(1865-1914) ... 50 Yesterday and Today ... 75 PART Ⅱ THE <B><FONT color ... #0000 1. Terms of a Tradition ... 131 2. The Colonies ... 153 3. The Revolution ... 178 4. The Waiting Poem ... 195 5. Renaissance ... 216 6. Realisms ... 254 7. Modernisms ... 312 8. Diversity ... 386