352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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American Literature Before 1880 attempts to place its subject in the broadest possible international perspective. It begins with Homer looking westward, and ends with Henry James crossing the Atlantic eastwards. In between, the book examines the projection of images of the East onto an as-yet unrecognised West; the cultural consequences of Viking, Colombian, and then English migration to... Read more
1. The Problem of American Literature 2. A ProtoAmerican Literature, 800BC to 1611 3. From Settlement to Revolution, 1607-1783 4. The New Republic, 1776-1826 5. Grown & Identity, 1812-1865 6. Prospects for the Great Republic, 1865-1880 Chronology Biographies Bibliography
Biography
Robert Lawson-Peebles
