From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature

A lucid, contemporary exploration of the nation's prose, poetry, and criticism and their role in shaping the cultural history of America.

From a 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 ha reflected the political and historical climate of its time and helped d... >Voir plus