Description - American Literature Before 1880. by Robert Lawson-Peebles
"American Literature Before 1880" places its subject in the broadest possible international perspective. It begins with Homer looking westward, and ends with Henry James crossing the Atlantic eastwards. In between, the book examines the projection of images of the East onto an as-yet unrecognized West; the cultural consequences of Viking, Colombian and then English migration to America; the growth and independence of the British American colonies; the key writers of the new Republic; and the development of the culture of the United States before and after the Civil War. The book is an introduction for undergraduates to the richness and variety of American literature, and a contribution to the debate about its distinctive nature.
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