American Literature: Tradition and Innovation (Paperback 2-Volume Set)

Condition

GOOD: Both volumes show page yellowing due to age as expected from this age book. There is minimal marking in the index which was used by the previous owner to show which writings were read in the books.

Product Details

These volumes were used in a college level American Literature class. Writings range from the late 1500s/early 1600s to 1964. Covering a wide group of authors including John Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, Carl Sandburg and Ralph Ellison these volumes provide a well-rounded view into American authors throughout our history. Note that some writings are excerpts.

Table of Contents for Volume 1

Four Early Travelers and Observers—Authors include:

Later Diarists, Travelers and Observers—Authors include:

Seventeenth— and Early Eighteenth—Century Poets—Authors include:

A Gathering of Seventeenth-Century Poetry—Authors include:

Puritian Prose Writers—Authors include:

Eighteenth—Century Prose Writers and Poets—Authors include:

A Gathering of Eighteenth—Century Poems—Authors include:

Pioneers of Romanticism—Authors include:

Romanticists—Authors include:

A Gathering of Southwestern Humorists—Authors include:

Traditionalists—Authors include:

Table of Contents for Volume 2

Pioneers of the Modern—Authors include:

Realists, Romancers and Naturalists—Authors include:

Tradition and Modernity—Authors include:

The Revolution in the Arts—Authors include:

Fiction Between the Wars—Authors include:

The New Poetry—Authors include:

Humor and Satire—Authors include:

Middle Generation Poets—Authors include:

Fiction of the Postwar Years—Authors include:

Contemporary Poetry—Authors include: