American Literature in Context, Količina 1

Students of American literature and American studies will welcome this new series that examines the peculiarly American cultural context out of which the nation's literature developed. Covering the years from 1620 to 1930, these four volumes present a coherent, consecutive and comprehensive sequence of interpretations of major American texts -- fiction and non-fiction, poetry and drama. Every chapter includes an extract from the chosen text which serves as a springboard for wider discussions and analysis. Each analysis demonstrates how students can move into and then from the pages of literature in front of them to a consideration of the whole text, and thence to an understanding of the author's oeuvre and of the cultural moment in which he or she lived and wrote. -- From publisher's description.