Tinker Gnome
Adventurer
Ugh... I had a professor that did that which was annoying since the literature span the course of the 1800s - 1920s. Basically that professor's theory was that the early 1800s was a reaction to the reaction to the Puritans.
My professor makes the same argument, and I agree with him on it. He has enthusiasm for the subject matter, and I think he is a good teacher. He grades very tough though. I just wanted to read more Literature and not Historical Documents. To be fair, most of early American Lit IS related to Religion.