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From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature
by Richard Ruland, Malcolm Bradbury
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670835927
- ISBN 13
- 9780670835928
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, NY: Viking , 1991 Viking, New York. 1991. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number but could be Book Club Edition or Academic Sale as there is no price on the DJ flap or rear bar code. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine: small smudge on textblock top; small splash mark on textblock bottom; DJ: Near Fine; NOT Priced on Front Flap; light rubbing to panels; slight glue residue on rear panel near bar code. Gray paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine; bright red lettering on the spine. 455 pp 8vo. Two leading critics of American literature, one American and the other British, offer a late twentieth-century rediscovery of American literature in one lucid, contemporary volume that tells the story of a major world literature. From a Modernist/Postmodernist perspective, the authors address questions of literary and cultural nationalism. This book pays homage to the luxuriance of American writing by tracing the creation of a national literature that retained its deep roots in European culture while striving to achieve cultural independence. A clean very presentable copy.
Synopsis
From Modernist/Postmodernist perspective, leading critics Richard Ruland (American) and Malcolm Bradbury (British) address questions of literary and cultural nationalism. They demonstrate that since the seventeenth century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate of its time and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. Above all, they argue that American literature has always been essentially "modern," illustrating this with a broad range of texts: from Poe and Melville to Fitzgerald and Pound, to Wallace Stevens, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Thomas Pynchon. From Puritanism to Postmodernism pays homage to the luxuriance of American writing by tracing the creation of a national literature that retained its deep roots in European culture while striving to achieve cultural independence.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012681
- Title
- From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature
- Author
- Richard Ruland, Malcolm Bradbury
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670835927
- ISBN 13
- 9780670835928
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- literature, American literature, writing, famous writers, political history, historical climate, cultural parameters, social parameters, literature critics, national literature, European culture,
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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