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American Trailblazing Society and Literature American Trailblazing Society and Literature 池田, 広子 443 イケダ, ヒロコ The Puritans were the core of the people who emigrated to America to seek refuge in the New World. Even after the disappearance of the power of religious domination, the Puritans’ indomitable perseverance and reality-affirming spirit stayed on in the minds of early Americans and evolved into the spirit of pursuing freedom and equality, which resulted in bringing forth the literature of romantic humanism. For example, we can see in Ralph Waldo Emerson, who called on American scholars to create their own independent American literature, and Henry Thoreau, who lived simply with few needs or material possessions true to his beliefs, a sound mind that believes in the free will of man—the driving force that brought forth Walt Whitman's democratic literature. Thereafter, the introduction of capitalism and scientific thought encouraged the development of the frontier spirit, which led to the birth of the literature that dealt with life in primeval forests and ocean voyages. The frontier spirit flows through the entire American literature, from Moby Dick and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which are some representative works of the literature of that era, to modern-day works, such as Death of a Salesman and The Old Man and the Sea. It is often indicated that the hybridity of races and their cultures is the major cause for contradictions and conflicts in the vast American society. The number of races present in American society amounts to 20. Nevertheless, with his/her self-consciousness of being a dignified human being in the New World and high ambition, each individual of each race freed himself/herself from slavish subordination, established a tone for living as a cosmopolitan individual, and contributed to the creation of the federal government under the Stars and Stripes. In the same way, every effort has been made to create the regional characteristics of each race in American literature as well. In this study, we will discuss 1) early pioneering and literature and 2) society during the period of the American War for Independence and literature. departmental bulletin paper 2014-03-31 application/pdf 成美大学紀要 2 4 65 72 AA12547156 21860300 https://fukuchiyama.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/332/files/seibi42-4.pdf https://fukuchiyama.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/332 eng