American Literature Before 1880 (Longman Literature In English Series)
by Robert Lawson-Peebles
Longman Literature in English Series
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American Literature Before 1880 attempts to place its subject in the broadest possible international perspective. It begins with Homer looking westward, and ends with Henry James crossing the Atlantic eastwards. In between, the book examines the projection of images of the East onto an as-yet unrecognised West; the cultural consequences of Viking, Colombian, and then English migration to America; the growth and independence of the British American colonies; the key writers of the new show more Republic; and the development of the culture of the United States before and after the Civil War. It is intende show lessTags
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