Breadcrumb Home English ENG 360 ENG 360: American Literature: Colonial Era to the Civil War Download as PDF Class Program English Credits 3 Session Cycle Both Fall and Spring Yearly Cycle Every Year A survey of American literature from the Colonial period through 1865. Readings may include authors such as Bradford, Bradstreet, Franklin, Crèvecoeur, Emerson, Poe, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson.