Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

by Kate Kinsella

Beginnings-1750: Meeting of cultures; Focus on literary forms, narrative accounts; Puritan influence --
A nation is born (1750-1800): Voices for freedom; Focus on literary forms, speeches; Defining an American --
A growing nation (1800-1870): Fireside and campfire; Shadows of the imagination; Human spirit and the natural world; Focus on literary forms, poetry --
Division, reconciliation, and expansion (1850-1914): A nation divided; Focus on literary forms, diaries, journals and letters; Forging new frontiers; Living in a changing world --
Disillusion, defiance, and discontent (1914-1946): Facing troubled times; Focus on literary forms, the short story; From every corner of the land --
Prosperity and protest (1946-present): Literature confronts the everyday; Focus on literary forms, essay; Social protest --
Glossary.

Hardcover

First published June 1, 2001

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

It may be that I favor this volume more than The British Tradition because I have not taught American Lit for the past couple years. I miss it.