The Cambridge History of American Literature: Volume 1, 1590-1820

• Author(s): Sacvan Bercovitch,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 845
• ISBN_10: 052130105X
  ISBN_13: 9780521301053
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / American / General , Literary Criticism / Renaissance ,

Description:... The Cambridge History of American Literature addresses the spectrum of new and established directions in American writing. An interdisciplinary distillation of American literary history, it weds the voice of traditional criticism with the diversity of interests that characterize contemporary literary studies. Volume 1 covers the colonial and early national periods, discussing authors ranging from Renaissance explorers to the poets and novelists of the new republic. It should prove an indispensable guide for scholars and students in the fields of English and American literatures and American history.