A Short Literary History of the United States
Title | A Short Literary History of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Mario Klarer |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2014-05-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317701534 |
A Short Literary History of the United States offers an introduction to American Literature for students who want to acquaint themselves with the most important periods, authors, and works of American literary history. Comprehensive yet concise, it provides an essential overview of the different currents in American literature in an accessible, engaging style. This book features: the pre-colonial era to the present, including new media formats the evolution of literary traditions, themes, and aesthetics readings of individual texts, contextualized within American cultural history literary theory in the United States a core reading list in American Literature an extended glossary and study aid. This book is ideal as a companion to courses in American Literature and American Studies, or as a study aid for exams.
A Short Literary History of the United States
Title | A Short Literary History of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Mario Klarer |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2014-05-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317701526 |
A Short Literary History of the United States offers an introduction to American Literature for students who want to acquaint themselves with the most important periods, authors, and works of American literary history. Comprehensive yet concise, it provides an essential overview of the different currents in American literature in an accessible, engaging style. This book features: the pre-colonial era to the present, including new media formats the evolution of literary traditions, themes, and aesthetics readings of individual texts, contextualized within American cultural history literary theory in the United States a core reading list in American Literature an extended glossary and study aid. This book is ideal as a companion to courses in American Literature and American Studies, or as a study aid for exams.
A New Literary History of America
Title | A New Literary History of America PDF eBook |
Author | Greil Marcus |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN | 9781782683575 |
A New Literary History of America contains essays on topics from the first conception of a New World in the sixteenth century to the latest re-envisioning of that world in cartoons, television, science fiction, and hip hop. Literature, music, film, art, history, science, philosophy, political rhetoriccultural creations of every kind appear in relation to each other, and to the time and place that give them shape.
A Little History of Literature
Title | A Little History of Literature PDF eBook |
Author | John Sutherland |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2013-11-05 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0300188366 |
From The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter, this rollicking romp through the world of literature reveals how writings from all over the world can transport us and help us to make sense of what it means to be human.
A Literary History of America
Title | A Literary History of America PDF eBook |
Author | Barrett Wendell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 600 |
Release | 1900 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN |
A Little History of the United States
Title | A Little History of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | James West Davidson |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2015-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 030018252X |
How did a land and people of such immense diversity come together under a banner of freedom and equality to form one of the most remarkable nations in the world? Everyone from young adults to grandparents will be fascinated by the answers uncovered in James West Davidson’s vividly told A Little History of the United States. In 300 fast-moving pages, Davidson guides his readers through 500 years, from the first contact between the two halves of the world to the rise of America as a superpower in an era of atomic perils and diminishing resources. In short, vivid chapters the book brings to life hundreds of individuals whose stories are part of the larger American story. Pilgrim William Bradford stumbles into an Indian deer trap on his first day in America; Harriet Tubman lets loose a pair of chickens to divert attention from escaping slaves; the toddler Andrew Carnegie, later an ambitious industrial magnate, gobbles his oatmeal with a spoon in each hand. Such stories are riveting in themselves, but they also spark larger questions to ponder about freedom, equality, and unity in the context of a nation that is, and always has been, remarkably divided and diverse.
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.