ENGLISH

American History Through Literature - 1820-1870

Book information

Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Year
2005
ISBN
9780684314600, 0-684-31460-6
LCC
PS217.H57 A84 2005
Open Library ID
OL3407787M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
35 MB (36744691 bytes)
Volume
vol 2
Edition
1
Pages
480\480
Topic
History
Time added
2010-04-25 21:59:20

Description

This A-Z, cross-referenced and illustrated title provides a unique overview of the critical period that spans the early national era through the Civil War, and which witnessed the birth of a truly American literature. The set features more than 250 survey entries. Subjects include: political topics (Manifest Destiny, Underground Railroad); ideas in context (Transcendentalism); values (Sentimentalism, Mourning); genres (Dime Novels, Oratory); popular entertainment (Theatre); publishing (Harper's Monthly, Editors); works of literature and nonfiction ("Hiawatha," "Life in the Iron Mills"); and much more. The analysis of a wide range of classics in American literature, viewed as cultural and historical documents, cultivates critical skills in reading texts from various perspectives, including aesthetic, biographical, social, historical, racial and gendered. Along with its companion title on the period covering 1870 to 1920, this set provides a comprehensive overview of a key century in American historical and literary studies.

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