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A Brief History Of American Literature
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Author : Richard Gray
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2010-12-28
A Brief History Of American Literature written by Richard Gray and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers a concise and up-to-date history of the full range of American writing from its origins until the present day. Represents the only up-to-date concise history of American literature Covers fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction, as well as looking at other forms of literature including folktales, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller and science fiction Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past twenty years Offers students an abridged version of History of American Literature, a book widely considered the standard survey text Provides an invaluable introduction to the subject for students of American literature, American studies and all those interested in the literature and culture of the United States
A History Of American Literature
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Author : Richard Gray
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-09-23
A History Of American Literature written by Richard Gray and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-23 with Literary Criticism categories.
Updated throughout and with much new material, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. The most comprehensive and up-to-date history of American literature available today Covers fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as other forms of literature including folktale, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller, and science fiction Explores the plural character of American literature, including the contributions made by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writers Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past?thirty years Situates American literature in the contexts of American history, politics and society Offers an invaluable introduction to American literature for students at all levels, academic and general readers
A Brief History Of American Literature Classic Reprint
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Author : William P. Trent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-04
A Brief History Of American Literature Classic Reprint written by William P. Trent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-04 with Literary Collections categories.
Excerpt from A Brief History of American Literature In this book, which is designed for the use of schools, I - have endeavoured to furnish a condensed account of the development of American literature, rather than a series of connected essays on leading American authors. At the same time I have tried to mention no writer or book devoid of a fair amount of significance, and I have also had it in mind to treat the more important authors on a scale sufficiently extended to suit the needs of the average class. I have aimed to minimize tentative criticism and to give only such details of historical setting as could not well be spared. I have condensed the bibliographical information to dimensions more or less proportionate with the resources of school libraries and have divided it into sections according to chapters. The period from 1866 to the present day has been sketched in a chapter, fuller treatment of writers, many of whom are still living, not seeming advisable in view of the difficulty of maintaining an impartial attitude toward contemporaries. An appendix gives important dates, which may be used in lieu of those scattered through the text. Topics for essays and class reports will be often suggested by the paragraph headings, and teachers may sometimes find it advantageous, when time permits, to have reports made on writers and books mentioned in the Appendix but not in the text, as well as on topics treated more fully in my larger book, "A History of American Literature, 1607-1865" (1903, Appleton). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Short History Of American Literature
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Author : William Peterfield Trent
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-10-15
A Short History Of American Literature written by William Peterfield Trent and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-15 with Literary Collections categories.
Originally published in 1924, this book presents a historical guide to American literature, from the colonial era through to the late nineteenth century. The text is broad in scope, incorporating studies of philosophical, historical and political writers, alongside detailed accounts of key literary figures such as Poe and Whitman. A comprehensive bibliography is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in literary criticism and the history of American literature.
A Brief History Of American Literature
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Author : William Peterfield Trent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
A Brief History Of American Literature written by William Peterfield Trent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with American literature categories.
Brief History Of American Literature
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Author : William P. Trent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
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Brief History Of English And American Literature
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Author : Henry Augustin Beers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Brief History Of English And American Literature written by Henry Augustin Beers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with American literature categories.
A History Of American Literature
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Author : Moses Coit Tyler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
A History Of American Literature written by Moses Coit Tyler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with American literature categories.
A Short History Of American Literature
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Author : Walter Cochrane Bronson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
A Short History Of American Literature written by Walter Cochrane Bronson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1919 with American literature categories.
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A Brief History Of American Literature
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Author : Reuben Halleck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-07-10
A Brief History Of American Literature written by Reuben Halleck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-10 with categories.
Contents:PrefaceColonial LiteratureThe Emergence Of A NationThe New York GroupThe New England GroupSouthern LiteratureWestern LiteratureThe Eastern RealistsPreface:The following chapters describe the greatest achievements in American literature from the earliest times until the present. Many pupils fail to obtain a clear idea of great American authors and literary movements because textbook writers and teachers ignore the element of truth in the old adage, "The half is greater than the whole," and dwell too much on minor authors and details, which could reasonably be expected to interest only a specialist. In the following pages especial attention has been paid, not only to the individual work of great authors, but also to literary movements, ideals, and animating principles, and to the relation of all these to English literature.The author has further aimed to make this work both interesting and suggestive. He has endeavored to present the subject in a way that necessitates the comparison of authors and movements, and leads to stimulating thinking. He has tried to communicate enough of the spirit of our literature to make students eager for a first-hand acquaintance with it, to cause them to investigate for themselves this remarkable American record of spirituality, initiative, and democratic accomplishment. As a guide to such study, there have been placed at the end of each chapter Suggested Readings and still further hints, called Questions and Suggestions. In A Glance Backward, the author emphasizes in brief compass the most important truths that American literature teaches, truths that have resulted in raising the ideals of Americans and in arousing them to greater activity.Sample Text:The most impressionable years of his boyhood were spent in Hannibal, which he calls "a loafing, down-at-the-heels, slave-holding Mississippi town." He attended only a common school, a picture of which is given in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Even this schooling ceased at the age of twelve, when his father died. Like Benjamin Franklin and W. D. Howells, the boy then became a printer, and followed this trade in various places for nearly eight years, traveling east as far as the City of New York. He next became a "cub," or under pilot, on the Mississippi River. After an eighteen months' apprenticeship, he was an excellent pilot, and he received two hundred and fifty dollars a month for his services. He says of these days: "Time drifted smoothly and prosperously on, and I supposed-and hoped-that I was going to follow the river the rest of my days, and die at the wheel when my mission was ended. But by and by the war came, commerce was suspended, my occupation was gone." For an inimitable account of these days, the first twenty-one chapters of his Life on the Mississippi (1883) should be read."... in that brief, sharp schooling, I got personally and familiarly acquainted with about all the different types of human nature that are to be found in fiction, biography, or history. The fact is daily borne in upon me, that the average shore employment requires as much as forty years to equip a man with this sort of education... . When I find a well-drawn character in fiction or biography, I generally take a warm personal interest in him, for the reason that I have known him before-met him on the river." [Footnote: Life on the Mississippi, Chapter XVIII]No other work in American literature or history can take the place of this book and of his three great stories (pp. 359-361), which bring us face to face with life in the great Mississippi Valley in the middle of the nineteenth century...N.B. "A Brief History Of American Literature" was originally published as "History Of American Literature."