A Companion to American Literature and Culture
Author | : Paul Lauter |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 708 |
Release | : 2010-02-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 1444320637 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781444320633 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This expansive Companion offers a set of fresh perspectives on the wealth of texts produced in and around what is now the United States. * Highlights the diverse voices that constitute American literature, embracing oral traditions, slave narratives, regional writing, literature of the environment, and more * Demonstrates that American literature was multicultural before Europeans arrived on the continent, and even more so thereafter * Offers three distinct paradigms for thinking about American literature, focusing on: genealogies of American literary study; writers and issues; and contemporary theories and practices * Enables students and researchers to generate richer, more varied and more comprehensive readings of American literature