Updated throughout and with much new material, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. * The most comprehensive and up-to-date history of American literature available today * Covers fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as other forms of literature including folktale, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller, and science fiction * Explores the plural character of American literature, including the contributions made by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writers * Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past?thirty years * Situates American literature in the contexts of American history, politics and society * Offers an invaluable introduction to American literature for students at all levels, academic and general readers
- ISBN10 1405192291
- ISBN13 9781405192293
- Publish Date 25 November 2011 (first published 5 February 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Edition 2nd Edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 928
- Language English