History of American Literature Paperback - 2011 - 2nd Edition
by Richard Gray
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Praise for the First Edition:
"Richard Gray's real achievement is somehow to have compressed more than 400 years of thrillingly rich literary history between two covers." Literary Review
"Highly readable, jargon-free, and engaging." American Literary Scholarship
"How Gray managed to so captivatingly capture the depth and breadth of so complex a literature in under a thousand pages is worth considering. [...] Richard Gray possesses the most balanced scholarship of the entire range of American literature I ever read. [...] This is the first history of American literature fully worthy of the multi-dimensionality of its subject." Norman Weinstein, Boise State University
First published in 2004, A History of American Literature is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed surveys of American literature from pre-Columbian times to the present available today. This widely anticipated second edition features a wealth of fresh updates and new material, including a detailed survey of the fiction, drama, and poetry written in response to 9/11 and the "war on terror." Other additions include coverage of the cultural consequences of the new era in American politics ushered in by the election of President Obama, and the development of new literary and cultural movements such as the New Formalists.
Written in an informed and approachable style by Richard Gray, one of the leading authorities in the field, this survey helps the reader develop a deeper understanding of and insight into the immense breadth of American literary traditions within the context of American social and cultural history. While focusing on the full range of fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction that has been incorporated into the mainstream literary canon, Gray also considers popular American literary traditions such as oral literature, folktales, spirituals, Westerns, detective stories, thrillers, and science fiction.
Compelling and authoritative, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, continues its tradition of representing an unparalleled introduction to the full breadth and diversity of the American literary tradition.Details
- Title History of American Literature
- Author Richard Gray
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 2nd
- Edition 2
- Pages 928
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- Date 2011-11-21
- ISBN 9781405192286 / 1405192283
- Weight 3 lbs (1.36 kg)
- Dimensions 9.45 x 6.48 x 1.1 in (24.00 x 16.46 x 2.79 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects American literature - History and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011026044
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.9
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