Traces the progress of the written word as America was evolving as a nation.

Fiercely nationalistic, the first prominent American writers exhibited a profound pride in the territory that would come to be known as the United States. Preda

Explores the works and writers from post World War II America to today, including Stephen Crane, Arthur Miller, and Allen Ginsberg.

Provides an understanding of the events and cultural differences shaping these nations' texts, the lives of their writers, and the impact of Spanish and Latin A

Introduces the elements considered essential to English literature, in which writing became more personal and had a new sense of humanity.