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Title The chronology of American literature : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times / edited by Daniel S. Burt.

Publication Info. Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (512 entries) : 171 images, digital files
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical referenceses and indexes.
Contents I. The Colonial Period (1582-1789) -- II. Nationalism and Romanticism (1790-1860) --III. Realism and Naturalism (1861-1914) -- IV. The Birth of Modernism (1915-1949) -- V. Modernism and Postmodernism (1950-1999) -- Author index -- Title index.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary If you are looking to brush up on your literary knowledge, check a favorite author's work, or see a year's bestsellers at a glance, The Chronology of American Literature is the perfect resource. At once an authoritative reference and an ideal browser's guide, this book outlines the indispensable information in America's rich literary past - from major publications to lesser-known gems - while also identifying larger trends along the literary timeline. Who wrote the first published book in America? When did Edgar Allan Poe achieve notoriety as a mystery writer? What was Hemingway's breakout title? The Chronology makes it easy to find answers to these questions and more. Authors and their works are grouped within each year by category: fiction and nonfiction; poetry; drama; literary criticism; and publishing events. Short, concise entries describe an author's major works for a particular year while placing them within the larger context of that writer's career. The result is a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of some of America's most prominent writers. Perhaps most important, The Chronology offers an invaluable line through our literary past, tying literature to the American experience - war and peace, boom and bust, and reaction to social change. You'll find everything here from Benjamin Franklin's "Experiments and Observations on Electricity" to Davy Crockett's first memoir; from Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" to Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome"; from meditations by James Weldon Johnson and James Agee to poetry by Elizabeth Bishop. Also included here are seminal works by authors such as Rachel Carson, Toni Morrison, John Updike, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Lavishly illustrated - and rounded out with handy bestseller lists from throughout the twentieth century, lists of literary awards and prizes, and authors' birth and death dates - The Chronology of American Literature belongs on the shelf of every bibliophile and literary enthusiast. It is the essential link to our literary past and present.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Local Note Credo Reference.
Credo Reference General Reference
Subject American literature -- Chronology.
American literature.
Genre/Form Chronologies.
Electronic books.
Chronologies.
Added Author Burt, Daniel S.
Credo Reference (Firm)
Other Form: Print version: 0618168214 9780618168217 (DLC) 2003051142 805 p. : ill.
ISBN 9781849721912 online
9780618168217 print
0618168214 print