The literature of the United States/
The literature of United states is intended as a general introduction to the main themes and figures of the American literary scene, from colonial times to the present day. To some extent it treats literature as an expression of American character and experience. Thus the problem faced by American w...
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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| 245 | |a The literature of the United States/ |c Marcus Cunliffe |h English | ||
| 250 | |a 4th ed. | ||
| 260 | |a London : |b Penguin, |c 1954. | ||
| 300 | |a 512 p. |c 20cm. | ||
| 505 | |a Acknowledgement Note on the fourth edition 1. Introduction 2. Colonial America 3. Promises and problems of Independence 4. A Trio of gentle man : Irving, Cooper, Poe 5. New England's day 6. Melville and Whitman 7. More new Engenders: The Brahman poets and historians 8. American Humor and the Rise of the west: Mark twin and predecessors 9. Realism in prose: Howells to Dreiser 10. The cosmopolitans: James, Wharton, Adams, Stein 11. Women's voice 12. The coming of age: Poetry and fiction 13. South land 14. Against and after the genteel tradition 15. Modernist and post modernist modes: Fiction and poetry 16. The American theater 17. America and the word Further reading Dates in American history Index | ||
| 520 | |a The literature of United states is intended as a general introduction to the main themes and figures of the American literary scene, from colonial times to the present day. To some extent it treats literature as an expression of American character and experience. Thus the problem faced by American writers as Americans are stressed throughout. nothing the unfortunate division between American and European literary qualities, the author regarded the decreasing emphasis on this division as a sign of Americans cultural maturity | ||
| 650 | |2 American literature -- |v History and criticism. | ||
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