Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Autobiography
Washington Irving (1783-1859). A History of New York, The Sketch Book, Washington, Tales of a Traveller, Chronicles of the Conquest of Granada, Tales of the Alhambra
库珀（James Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851）。 《海盗》（The Pilot）、《水巫》（The Water Witch）
(Narrator): Cooper is familiar with the navigation technology of sailors, and he is handy when it comes to the sea, and all writers who write about the sea in English have Cooper as their leader.
Owen and Cooper, the wonderful composition of the appearance of life, followed by Hawthorne and Edgar Poe, depict the interior of life.
Nathaniel Hawthome (1804-1864). The Scarlet Letter, A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, Tanglewood Tales
Hawthorne said: "I am the most unknown in the American literary world. Then he wrote "The Red Letter", at the age of forty-six, and became famous in one fell swoop. Hawthorne and the publisher were surprised. Hawthorne said it was a novel with "the least sunlight." The publisher printed only five thousand copies, and when they were printed, they were disassembled. After it ran out, it had to be re-typeset.
(Narrator): I said, "This novel has no sunlight, but it has the light of the moon." ”
The novelist is not God, and God does not write novels. The writer seems to naturally answer the reader's task again, which is terrible.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). "The Fall of the House of Usber," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Gold-Bug," "The Purloined Letter."
Poe is the first author of detective fiction. He believes that solving the case is not important, what is important is the change of psychological personality of the person in this plot.
Both Maramé and Baudelaire called Poe the spiritual leader.
(Narrator): Allan Poe was a literary strongman, the society of the times did not like him, he struggled to the death. I often say "self-background", moral strength, he has, and his reputation after his death finally makes up for his bad luck in life.
【Anecdote】 Every year on his death day, there is always a man dressed in black and a black hat who comes to his tomb with wine and flowers, which lasts for more than ten years. Wonders are adventures.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896). Uncle Tom's Cabin (also translated Uncle Tom's Cabin)
Tolstoy listed the book as "one of the few truly artistic" books, and Lincoln called her "provoking a great war to free the slaves."
(Narrator): No one reads it now. Not art. Tolstoy said no. Stowe is well-intentioned and worthy of respect. We are generous in life and snobbish in art. Upside down: snobbish in life, generous in art. That's it.
Mark Twain (1835-1910). The Innocents Abroad, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sanyer, The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg, Mysterious Stranger
Howells called him lincoln of American literature.
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was a generation of American literary gurus in the second half of the nineteenth century. He taught Mark Twain and rewarded many young people.
Henry James (1843-1916) great writer. In addition to his own birth in the United States, he has lived in Europe as an adult. His knowledge was limited to hotels, museums, and libraries, but he was a world writer. The short story is famous. Europeans respect him. He wrote mostly about Americans living in Europe.
O. Henry Henry, 1862-1910）
(Narrator): I don't think any of these writers are world-class novelists. But there was one man who had to bow down to him: Herman Melville. He and Jack London were the great Writers of america.
Herman Melville (1819-1891). Works: Moby Dick
Moby Dick is said to be an encyclopedia of whale hunting.
Jack London (1876-1916). Martin Eden, The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf
[Anecdote] Jack London's mother was a witch. He was very bitter from childhood, and later became famous, and finally committed suicide. The villa was burned down, and a pamphlet was distributed in San Francisco, inviting talented people to eat and live until they were willing to leave. Ask someone to tell a story after breakfast every day and write it out in the evening.
Philip Freneau (1752-1832), the first American poet. The Indian Burying Ground, The Wild Honey Suckle
William Cullen Bryant (1894–1878) was America's first major poet.
Ellen Poe, the collection of poems is only a thin one, that is, the most beautiful form of expression. The most famous poem is "The Raven"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), poet laureate. (Narrator): He is the poet laureate of the commoners, the commoners of the United States need him, the Chinese nobles look down on him, but Qian Zhongshu studies him, and Qian Zhongshu is like this. Longfellow was temperamental, modest, sweet, cool, and I called him the "ice cream poet."
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), great poet. His masterpiece is Leaves of Grass.
"The national parliament was going to meet and I was going to attend, but I made an appointment with a young man, and when the time came, I would go to the beach and lie down with him under a sheet."
(Narrator): I read Nietzsche first, then Whitman, as if coming down from a high mountain and taking a bath in the sea, so comfortable.
Emerson (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882)
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). Masterpiece: Walden.
"The world is sad that the shoes of a dead child should be worn by his brother."
"Get lost, look for the way first, can't find it, don't look for it, let it go on two feet, and walk home."
[Anecdote] Thoreau was Emerson's friend. Emerson was rich, Thoreau was poor, and worked in Emerson's house, and Emerson respected him.