TY  - BOOK
AU  - Castillo,Susan P.
TI  - American literature in context to 1865
T2  - Literature in context
SN  - 9781405188647
AV  - PS88 .C43 2011
U1  - 810.9/973 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - American literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - National characteristics, American, in literature
KW  - Literature and history
KW  - United States
KW  - fast
KW  - Literatur
KW  - gnd
KW  - USA
KW  - swd
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The arrival of the Europeans -- European exploration and settlement: The anvil and the golden fleece -- The city on a hill: alternative visions -- From colonies to nation -- The struggle for identity in post-revolutionary America -- American expansion and the Transcendentalists -- The originals: Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman -- A house divided: abolitionism, the women's movement, and The civil war
N2  - This volume discusses the issues and events that engaged American writers of the period, providing original and useful readings of important literary works that demonstrate how context contributes to meaning. Covering a range of genres, including the myths, chants and songs of indigenous cultures, sermons, slave narratives, essays and the novels and poetry, it is designed to be used alongside the major anthologies of literature from the period in order to equip students with the necessary historical context needed to understand the writings from this period. Pedagogical features include a detailed bibliography, and a transatlantic timeline, with literary works, and historical events
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