{"product_id":"history-of-american-literature-paperback-1","title":"History of American Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpdated throughout and with much new material, \u003ci\u003eA History of American Literature, Second Edition, \u003c\/i\u003e is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe most comprehensive and up-to-date history of American literature available today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as other forms of literature including folktale, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller, and science fiction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the plural character of American literature, including the contributions made by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past?thirty years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates American literature in the contexts of American history, politics and society\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an invaluable introduction to American literature for students at all levels, academic and general readers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the First Edition: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Gray's real achievement is somehow to have compressed more than 400 years of thrillingly rich literary history between two covers.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Highly readable, jargon-free, and engaging.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary Scholarship\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"How Gray managed to so captivatingly capture the depth and breadth of so complex a literature in under a thousand pages is worth considering. [...] Richard Gray possesses the most balanced scholarship of the entire range of American literature I ever read. [...] This is the first history of American literature fully worthy of the multi-dimensionality of its subject.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorman Weinstein, Boise State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2004, \u003ci\u003eA History of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed surveys of American literature from pre-Columbian times to the present available today. This widely anticipated second edition features a wealth of fresh updates and new material, including a detailed survey of the fiction, drama, and poetry written in response to 9\/11 and the \"war on terror.\" Other additions include coverage of the cultural consequences of the new era in American politics ushered in by the election of President Obama, and the development of new literary and cultural movements such as the New Formalists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in an informed and approachable style by Richard Gray, one of the leading authorities in the field, this survey helps the reader develop a deeper understanding of and insight into the immense breadth of American literary traditions within the context of American social and cultural history. While focusing on the full range of fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction that has been incorporated into the mainstream literary canon, Gray also considers popular American literary traditions such as oral literature, folktales, spirituals, Westerns, detective stories, thrillers, and science fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompelling and authoritative, \u003ci\u003eA History of American Literature, \u003c\/i\u003e Second Edition, continues its tradition of representing an unparalleled introduction to the full breadth and diversity of the American literary tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Gray\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Literature at the University of Essex and former Distinguished Visiting Professor at a number of universities in the United States. He is the first specialist in American literature to be elected a Fellow of the British Academy and has published over a dozen books on the topic, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eWriting the South: Ideas of an American Region\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) \u003ci\u003eand The Life of William Faulkner: A Critical Biography\u003c\/i\u003e (1994). His \u003ci\u003eHistory of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2004) is widely considered to be one of the standard works on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 928\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.45 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718274224191,"sku":"9781405192286","price":127.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5d5fa5c000e7b2fc7aef20607f71898b.webp?v=1765081342","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/history-of-american-literature-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}