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This 1997 volume addresses the spectrum of new and established directions in American writing. An interdisciplinary distillation of American literary history, it weds the voice of traditional criticism with the diversity of interests that characterise contemporary literary studies. Volume I covers the colonial and early national periods.

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'… 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

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The literature of colonisation Myra Jehlen; 2. New England puritan literature Emory Elliott; 3. British-American belles lettres David S. Shields; 4. The American enlightenment 1750–1820 Robert A. Ferguson; 5. The literature of the revolutionary and early national periods Michael T. Gilmore; Chronology; Bibliography; Index.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 1/28/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521585712, 978-0521585712
      ISBN10: 0521585716
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This 1997 volume addresses the spectrum of new and established directions in American writing. An interdisciplinary distillation of American literary history, it weds the voice of traditional criticism with the diversity of interests that characterise contemporary literary studies. Volume I covers the colonial and early national periods.

      Trade 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

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The literature of colonisation Myra Jehlen; 2. New England puritan literature Emory Elliott; 3. British-American belles lettres David S. Shields; 4. The American enlightenment 1750–1820 Robert A. Ferguson; 5. The literature of the revolutionary and early national periods Michael T. Gilmore; Chronology; Bibliography; Index.

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