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From Puritanism to postmodernism : a history of American literature / Richard Ruland; Malcolm Bradbury

By: Contributor(s): Language: Spanish Publication details: New York, NY : Penguin Books, 1992, ♭1991.Description: xxi, 456 p. 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780140144352
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 810.9
LOC classification:
  • PS 88 R935f 1992
Contents:
From a modernist/postmodernist perspective, this title addresses questions of literary and cultural nationalism. It reveals that since 17th century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. It argues that American literature has always been essentially modern.
Summary: Part 1: The literature of British America -- The Puritan Legacy -- Awakening and enlightenment -- Part 2: From colonial outpost to cultural province -- Revolution and (in)dependence -- American naissance -- Yea-saying and nay-saying -- Part 3: Native and cosmopolitan crosscurrants -- from local color to realism and naturalism -- Secession and loyalty -- Muckrakers and early moderns -- Part 4: Modernism and the American grain -- Outland darts and homemade worlds -- The second flowering -- Radical reassessments -- Strange realities, adequate fictions.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PS 88 R935f 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000124309

From a modernist/postmodernist perspective, this title addresses questions of literary and cultural nationalism. It reveals that since 17th century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. It argues that American literature has always been essentially modern.

Part 1: The literature of British America --
The Puritan Legacy --
Awakening and enlightenment --
Part 2: From colonial outpost to cultural province --
Revolution and (in)dependence --
American naissance --
Yea-saying and nay-saying --
Part 3: Native and cosmopolitan crosscurrants --
from local color to realism and naturalism --
Secession and loyalty --
Muckrakers and early moderns --
Part 4: Modernism and the American grain --
Outland darts and homemade worlds --
The second flowering --
Radical reassessments --
Strange realities, adequate fictions.

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