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Acknowledgements Introduction: Building an American Memory of Literature, 1750-1850 Chapter 1: Remembering Literature in Early America: The Rhetoric of the Canon and the Memory of Literature Chapter 2: Virtual Museums: The Literary Magazine and Transatlantic Periodical Culture Chapter 3: Of Gems, Beauties and Relics: Anthologies in Early America Chapter 4: Early Forms of Literary Historiography in America: Literary Histories as Narrative Anthologies Conclusion Bibliography