The Columbia Literary History of the United States
Title | The Columbia Literary History of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Emory Elliott |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 1312 |
Release | 1988-02-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780585041520 |
For the first time in four decades, there exists an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the literature of the United States, from prehistoric cave narratives to the radical movements of the sixties and the experimentation of the eighties. This comprehensive volume—one of the century's most important books in American studies—extensively treats Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, Hemingway, and other long-cherished writers, while also giving considerable attention to recently discovered writers such as Kate Chopin and to literary movements and forms of writing not studied amply in the past. Informed by the most current critical and theoretical ideas, it sets forth a generation's interpretation of the rise of American civilization and culture. The Columbia Literary History of the United States contains essays by today's foremost scholars and critics, overseen by a board of distinguished editors headed by Emory Elliott of Princeton University. These contributors reexamine in contemporary terms traditional subjects such as the importance of Puritanism, Romanticism, and frontier humor in American life and writing, but they also fully explore themes and materials that have only begun to receive deserved attention in the last two decades. Among these are the role of women as writers, readers, and literary subjects and the impact of writers from minority groups, both inside and outside the literary establishment.
Columbia Literary History of the United States
Title | Columbia Literary History of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Emory Elliott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1263 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780231067805 |
For the first time in four decades, there exists an authoritative, up-to-date survey of the literature of the United States, from prehistoric cave narratives to the radical movements of the sixties and the experimentation of the eighties.
Columbia Literary History of the United States
Title | Columbia Literary History of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Emory Elliott (ed) |
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Pages | 1263 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | American literature |
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The Columbia History of the American Novel
Title | The Columbia History of the American Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Emory Elliott |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 940 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780231073608 |
Designed as a companion to The Columbia Literary History of the United States, this compilation of 31 major essays covers the American novel from the 1700s to the present, although the majority deal with the 20th century. Within each era, themes, genres, and topics such as realism, gender, romance, and technology are discussed in depth, as well as modern Canadian, Caribbean, and Latin American fiction. Each essayist selects only the authors who best illustrate the topic, thus subtly skewing the view of the literary scene at that time. The volume also covers women, minorities, popular fiction, and the book marketplace. ISBN 0-231-07360-7: $59.95.
A History of American Literature
Title | A History of American Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Gray |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 933 |
Release | 2011-09-23 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1444345680 |
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
The Columbia History of Chinese Literature
Title | The Columbia History of Chinese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Victor H. Mair |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 1369 |
Release | 2010-03-10 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0231528515 |
The Columbia History of Chinese Literature is a comprehensive yet portable guide to China's vast literary traditions. Stretching from earliest times to the present, the text features original contributions by leading specialists working in all genres and periods. Chapters cover poetry, prose, fiction, and drama, and consider such contextual subjects as popular culture, the impact of religion, the role of women, and China's relationship with non-Sinitic languages and peoples. Opening with a major section on the linguistic and intellectual foundations of Chinese literature, the anthology traces the development of forms and movements over time, along with critical trends, and pays particular attention to the premodern canon.