Outline of American literature/
Kathryn VanSpancheren.
- Rev. ed.
- New York : Farrar Straus & Giroux , 1993.
- 177 p.
Includes Glossary & index.
Early American and colonial period to 1776 -- Democratic origins and revolution writers, 1776-1820 -- The romantic period, 1820-1860: essayists and poets -- The romantic period, 1820-1860: fiction -- The rise of realism:1860-1914 -- Modernism and experimentation: 1914-1945 -- American poetry, 1945-1990: the anti-tradition -- American, prose, 1945-1990: realism and experimentation -- Contemporary American poetry -- Contemporary American literature -- Glossary -- Index
American literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals. American literature.