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Brief History of American Lite
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Brief History of American Lite Paperback - 2011

by Richard Gray

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From the publisher

  • 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

From the rear cover

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 from its origins to the present day. While focusing on the full range of fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction that has been incorporated into the mainstream literary canon, Richard Gray also considers the contribution from several other popular American literary traditions, including oral literature, folktales, spirituals, Westerns, detective stories, thrillers, and science fiction. Featured writers include Melville, Twain, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Pound, Eliot, and the works of these major American novelists and poets are discussed in the context of American social and cultural history. Consideration is also given to the myriad ways in which our understanding of American literature has evolved over the past twenty years. Compelling and authoritative, A Brief History of American Literaturewill prove an invaluable introduction to the full breadth and diversity of the American literary tradition.

Details

  • Title Brief History of American Lite
  • Author Richard Gray
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, England
  • Publication date 2011-02-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781405192309 / 1405192305
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.6 x 1 in (24.13 x 16.76 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects American literature - History and criticism, United States - Literatures - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010035339
  • Dewey Decimal Code 810.9

About the author

Richard Gray is Professor of Literature at the University of Essex and former Distinguished Visiting Professor at a number of universities in the United States. He is the first specialist in American literature to be elected a Fellow of the British Academy and has published over a dozen books on the topic, including the award-winning Writing the South (Ideas of an American Region (1986) and The Life of William Faulkner: A Critical Biography (1944). His History of American Literature is widely considered to be one of the standard works on the subject.

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