A Companion to American Literature

Susan Belasco , Theresa Strouth Gaul , Linck Johnson , Michael Soto 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2020년 04월 03일 출간

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A comprehensive, chronological overview of American literature in three scholarly and authoritative volumes A Companion to American Literature traces the history and development of American literature from its early origins in Native American oral tradition to 21st century digital literature. This comprehensive three-volume set brings together contributions from a diverse international team of accomplished young scholars and established figures in the field. Contributors explore a broad range of topics in historical, cultural, political, geographic, and technological contexts, engaging the work of both well-known and non-canonical writers of every period. Volume One is an inclusive and geographically expansive examination of early American literature, applying a range of cultural and historical approaches and theoretical models to a dramatically expanded canon of texts. Volume Two covers American literature between 1820 and 1914, focusing on the development of print culture and the literary marketplace, the emergence of various literary movements, and the impact of social and historical events on writers and writings of the period. Spanning the 20th and early 21st centuries, Volume Three studies traditional areas of American literature as well as the literature from previously marginalized groups and contemporary writers often overlooked by scholars. This inclusive and comprehensive study of American literature: Examines the influences of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and disability on American literature Discusses the role of technology in book production and circulation, the rise of literacy, and changing reading practices and literary forms Explores a wide range of writings in multiple genres, including novels, short stories, dramas, and a variety of poetic forms, as well as autobiographies, essays, lectures, diaries, journals, letters, sermons, histories, and graph

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Volume I: Origins-1820 Full Table of Contents Editors Notes on Contributors to Volume I General Introduction Susan Belasco Introduction to Volume I Theresa Strouth Gaul Chronology Origins-1820 1. The Storyteller's Universe: Indigenous Oral Literatures Kenneth M. Roemer 2. Cross-Cultural Encounters in Early American Literatures: From Incommensurability to Exchange Kelly Wisecup 3. Settlement Literatures Before and Beyond the Stories of Nations Tamara Harvey 4. The Puritan Culture of Letters Abram Van Engen 5. Writing the Salem Witch Trials Peter J. Grund 6. Captivity: From Babylon to Indian Country Andrew Newman 7. Africans in Early America Cassander L. Smith 8. Migration, Exile, Imperialism: The Non-English Literatures of Early America Reconsidered Patrick M. Erben 9. Environment and Environmentalism Timothy Sweet 10. Acknowledging Early American Poetry Christopher N. Phillips 11. Travel Writings in Early America, 1680-1820 Susan C. Imbarrato 12. Early Native American Literacies to 1820: Systems of Meaning, Categories of Knowledge Transmission Hilary E. Wyss 13. The Varieties of Religious Expression in Early American Literature Sandra M. Gustafson 14. Benjamin Franklin: Printer, Editor, and Writer Stephen Carl Arch 15. Writing Lives: Autobiography in Early America Jennifer A. Desiderio 16. Captivity Recast: The Captivity Narrative in the Long Eighteenth Century Jodi Schorb 17. Gender, Sex, and Seduction in Early American Literature Ivy Schweitzer 18. Letters in Early American Manuscript and Print Cultures Eve Tavor Ban

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저자(글) Susan Belasco

Susan Belasco is Professor Emerita and former Chair of the Department of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Theresa Strouth Gaul is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. Linck Johnson is the Charles A. Dana Professor of English at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. Michael Soto is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of English at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

저자(글) Theresa Strouth Gaul

저자(글) Linck Johnson

저자(글) Michael Soto