An Outline of American LiteratureA survey of the English prose, poetry and drama of the United States from Colonial times to the1980s. |
Contents
Colonial Beginnings | 5 |
The Rise of a National Literature | 27 |
An American Renaissance | 41 |
Copyright | |
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American literature American society attack beautiful became becomes believed called century characters Civil Crane created critics culture death describes descriptions destroyed drama dreams Dreiser e. e. cummings Edgar Allan Poe Emerson emotions England Ernest Hemingway essay Europe evil experience famous Faulkner feelings filled Frank Norris funny Gatsby Gertrude Stein H. L. Mencken Hemingway Henry hero human humor ideas images important Indians influenced interested James Jewish JOHN kill kind language later literary lives look Mark Twain Moby-Dick modern moral movie mystery naturalist nature novel novelist Passos plays poem poet poetry political popular problems Puritan reader realistic reality religion religious romantic says scene science fiction seems short story shows social Southern spirit Stephen Crane strong style symbol theatre theme things Thoreau tradition Transcendentalist tries trilogy Twain Walt Whitman wanted Whitman Williams woman writers wrote young