The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature - Jay Parini - Google Books

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Annotation This set treats the whole of American literature, from the European discovery of America to the present, with entries in alphabetical order. Each of the 350 substantive essays is a major interpretive contribution. Well-known critics and scholars…