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A Brief History of American Literature
Richard Gray
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Description for A Brief History of American Literature
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 858.
- 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405192316
SKU
V9781405192316
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About Richard Gray
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 ... Read more
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