American Visions: Multicultural Literature for WritersThis anthology of lierature for writing classes embodies a sense of history. It presents its themes in historical perspective - to help explain who Americans are and what America is as a nation. It focuses on major concerns and shifts in consciousness, such as the idea of America as the land of promise; the search for a national identity; the reclaiming of the Native American past; the lure and limitations of American individualism; the challenges to American optimism; the trauma of slavery; the glory and decline of the American city; the search for personal fulfilment; the emergence of a new multicultural consciousness; and the rediscovery of nature. |
