Bertens, Johannes Willem,

American literature : a history / Hans Bertens and Theo D'Haen. - 314 pages ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index.

Beginnings to 1810 -- 1810-1861 -- 1865-1918 -- World War I to the Cold War: 1914-1948 -- After the war -- The end and return of history: 1980- 2010.


This book offers a history of American literature with its influences frim Puritanism, Naturalism, Modernism and Postmodernism. It covers different styles of literature and pulls from different contexts of text and authors.

9780415569972 (hbk) 9780415569989 (pbk)


American literature--History and criticism.
Literatura americana--Historia y crítica

PS 121 / B537a 2014

810.9