From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature Paperback - 1992
by Malcolm Bradbury; Richard Ruland
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From Modernist/Postmodernist perspective, leading critics Richard Ruland (American) and Malcolm Bradbury (British) address questions of literary and cultural nationalism. They demonstrate that since the seventeenth century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate of its time and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. Above all, they argue that American literature has always been essentially "modern," illustrating this with a broad range of texts: from Poe and Melville to Fitzgerald and Pound, to Wallace Stevens, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Thomas Pynchon.
From Puritanism to Postmodernism pays homage to the luxuriance of American writing by tracing the creation of a national literature that retained its deep roots in European culture while striving to achieve cultural independence.
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A fundamental difference exists between American literature and nearly all the other major literary traditions of the world: it is essentially a modern, recent and international literature.
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- Title From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature
- Author Malcolm Bradbury; Richard Ruland
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, U.S.A
- Date December 1, 1992
- Features Index
- ISBN 9780140144352 / 0140144358
- Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 7.82 x 5.1 x 0.93 in (19.86 x 12.95 x 2.36 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.9
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