Outline of American Literature

By Kathryn Van Spanckeren

The Outline of American literature, newly revised, traces the paths of American narrative, fiction, poetry and drama as they move from pre-colonial times into the present, through such literary movements as romanticism, realism and experimentation. Contents: 1) Early American and Colonial Period to 1776. 2) Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers, 1776-1820. 3) The Romantic Period, 1820-1860, Essayists and Poets. 4) The Romantic Period, 1820-1860, Fiction. 5) The Rise of Realism: 1860-1914. 6) Modernism and Experimentation: 1914-1945. 7) American Poetry, 1945-1990: The Anti-Tradition. 8) American Prose, 1945-1990: Realism and Experimentation. 9) Contemporary American Poetry. 10) Contemporary American Literature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616100591
• ISBN13: 9781616100599
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Orange Grove Texts Plus
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"