The Cambridge Introduction to Early American Literature

The Cambridge Introduction to Early American Literature
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : 052152041X
ISBN-13 : 9780521520416
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Introduction to Early American Literature by : Emory Elliott

Download or read book The Cambridge Introduction to Early American Literature written by Emory Elliott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Introduction to Early American Literature offers students a literary history of American writing in English between 1492 and 1820, as well as providing a concise social and cultural history of these three centuries. Emory Elliott traces the impact of race, gender, and ethnic conflict on early American culture, and explores the centrality of American Puritanism in the formation of a distinctively American literature. This highly engaging and comprehensive study will be essential reading for students of the literature, history and culture of early America.


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