Product Description

Volume I covers the colonial and early national periods and discusses the work of a diverse assemblage of authors, from Renaissance explorers and Puritan theocrats to Revolutionary pamphleteers and poets and novelists of the new republic. Addressing those characteristics that render the texts distinctively American while placing the literature in an international perspective, the contributors offer a compelling new evaluation of both the literary importance of early American history and the historical value of early American literature.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1886480 in Books
• Published on: 1997-01-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 845 pages

Review
'… this is, without doubt and without any serious rival, the scholarly history for our generation.' Journal of American Studies

‘… vast and eminently readable survey of twentieth century American literature …’. Use of English