This major new history of American literature from pre-Columbian times to the present is written in an informed but accessible style by one of the leading authorities in the field.
- A major new one-volume history of American literature from pre-Columbian times to the present.
- Extremely broad-ranging, taking in Native American, Anglo American, African American, Asian American and Hispanic American literature.
- Covers oral literature, folktales, spirituals, the blues, the western, the detective story, the thriller and science fiction, as well as canonical literature.
- Relates the history of American literature to American social and cultural history.
- Takes account of changes in critical and theoretical debates about literature in the last 30 years.
- Written by a leading international authority on American literature.
