Title:
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
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By: |
Richard Gray |
Format: |
Other digital |
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£72.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
1444397605 |
ISBN 13: |
9781444397604 |
Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
Pub. date: |
21 March, 2012 |
Pages: |
392 |
Description: |
Written in an informed and accessible by one of the leading authorities in the field, A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers alike a concise and thoroughly up-to-date history of the American literary tradition. |
Synopsis: |
* A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers a concise and up-to-date history of the full range of American writing from its origins until the present day. * Represents the only up-to-date concise history of American literature * Covers fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction, as well as looking at other forms of literature including folktales, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller and science fiction * Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past twenty years * Offers students an abridged version of History of American Literature, a book widely considered the standard survey text * Provides an invaluable introduction to the subject for students of American literature, American studies and all those interested in the literature and culture of the United States |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |