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A BRIEF HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
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By: |
Richard Gray |
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ISBN 10: |
1405192305 |
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9781405192309 |
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Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
Pub. date: |
14 January, 2011 |
Pages: |
420 |
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. |
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*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 |
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UK |
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Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
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