Short entries on novelists, poets, playwrights, and critics, as well as summaries on important works, provide quick background information on key players and topics in American literature.
Find literary works grouped by genre, including fiction, essays, diaries, and more. This survey of American literature covers the colonial period, romanticism, modernism, and postmodernism.
Discover the historical social and cultural context for early American literature. See the Thematic Outline in v. 3, p. 1245, for places to start, or look for your topic in the index.