Wiley.com
Print this page Share
Textbook

American Literature in Context to 1865

ISBN: 978-1-4051-8863-0
Paperback
204 pages
August 2010, ©2010, Wiley-Blackwell
List Price: US $29.95
Government Price: US $17.88
Enter Quantity:   Buy
American Literature in Context to 1865 (1405188634) cover image
This is a Print-on-Demand title. It will be printed specifically to fill your order. Please allow an additional 10-15 days delivery time. The book is not returnable.

Preface viii

Acknowledgments ix

Timeline of Texts and Historical Events x

The Arrival of the Europeans 1

European Exploration and Settlement: The Anvil and the Golden Fleece 17

The City on a Hill: Alternative Visions 32

From Colonies to Nation 61

The Struggle for Identity in Post-Revolutionary America 80

American Expansion and the Transcendentalists 98

The Originals: Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman 124

A House Divided: Abolitionism, the Women’s Movement, and the Civil War 146

Bibliography 171

Index 180

Back to Top