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020			_a9780415569989
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a810.9 _bB461a
100			_aBertens, Hans
245			_aAmerican literature _ba history _cHans Bertens and Theo D'haen
260			_bRoutledge _c2014 _aOxon
300			_a314p
520			_aThis comprehensive history of American Literature traces its development from the earliest colonial writings of the late 1500s through to the present day. This lively, engaging and highly accessible guide: offers lucid discussions of all major influences and movements such as Puritanism, Transcendentalism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism and Postmodernism draws on the historical, cultural, and political contexts of key literary texts and authors covers the whole range of American literature: prose, poetry, theatre and experimental literature includes substantial sections on native and ethnic American literatures explains and contextualises major events, terms and figures in American history. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to situate their reading of American Literature in the appropriate religious, cultural, and political contexts.
650			_aAmerican literature -- History and criticism
650			_aLiterature and society -- United States -- History
700			_aD'haen, Theo
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