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American literature

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Literary contexts; ed.by Pramod K NayarPublication details: Hyderabad Orient BlackSwan 2016Description: xviii, 452pISBN:
  • 9788125062349
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 810 DUT/A
Contents:
Political Map of the United States of America List of American Presidents Series Editor’s Preface Author’s Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Seventeenth Century 2. The Eighteenth Century 3. The Nineteenth Century: 1800 to 1865 4. The Nineteenth Century: Post-Civil War 5. The Twentieth Century: 1900 to 1945 6. The Twentieth Century: The Post-World War Era 7. The Twenty-first Century Index
Summary: This book provides a backdrop to the study of American literature. Surveying over four hundred years of American history, it analyses the milieu that determined and defined literary representation and expression, and was responsible for the creation of writers and, indeed, readers. It seeks to understand the historical, social and natural environment that prevailed in different periods of American history, and its impact on literature.
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Book Book Study Centre Pandalam ,University of Kerala Processing Center Study Centre Pandalam ,University of Kerala 810 DUT/A;1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available USCP1678
Book Book Study Centre Pandalam ,University of Kerala Processing Center Study Centre Pandalam ,University of Kerala 810 DUT/A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available USCP1509

Political Map of the United States of America
List of American Presidents
Series Editor’s Preface
Author’s Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Seventeenth Century
2. The Eighteenth Century
3. The Nineteenth Century: 1800 to 1865
4. The Nineteenth Century: Post-Civil War
5. The Twentieth Century: 1900 to 1945
6. The Twentieth Century: The Post-World War Era
7. The Twenty-first Century

Index

This book provides a backdrop to the study of American literature. Surveying over four hundred years of American history, it analyses the milieu that determined and defined literary representation and expression, and was responsible for the creation of writers and, indeed, readers. It seeks to understand the historical, social and natural environment that prevailed in different periods of American history, and its impact on literature.

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