1st Edition

American Literature in Context 1865-1900

By Andrew Hook Copyright 1983
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

First published between 1982 and 1983, this series examines the peculiarly American cultural context out of which the nation’s literature has developed. Covering the years from 1865 to 1900, this third volume of American Literature in Context focuses on the struggles of American writers to make sense of their rapidly changing world. In addition to such major figures as Walt Whitman, Henry... Read more

General Editor’s Preface; Introduction; 1. Walt Whitman 2. Henry George 3. Henry James 4. Emily Dickinson 5. Mark Twain 6. William Dean Howells 7. Edward Bellamy 8. Hamlin Garland 9. Stephen Crane 10. Harold Frederic 11. Frank Norris 12. Kate Chopin 13. Thorstein Veblen 14. Theodore Dreiser; Index

Biography

Andrew Hook