The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature

James D. Hart

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The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature

James D. Hart

ISBN:	9780195047714
Binding:	Paperback
Published:	1 Jan 1996
Availability:	Print on demand
Series:	Oxford Companions

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This new compact edition of the classic guide to American literature contains some 2,000 entries, including brief biographies of important authors, plot summaries of individual works, descriptions of important literary movements, and a wealth of information on other aspects of American literary life and literary history from the Colonial period to the modern era.

Authors

James D. Hart , Professor of American Literature, the University of California, Berkeley

Reviews

`James D. Hart continues to display his phenomenal industry and immense range ... indispensable, provocative, and delightful to read. ' Contemporary Review

`It is a model of its kind and must direct many readers to books and authors they may have missed. This book should be in every home reference library. Try it ... ' Irish Press

`Guided tour through American literary culture with marvellous width of vision, from ballad to burlesque, Poe to Pound, dime novel to detective fiction, and all the other ways American writers have enriched us. ' The Times

`This book is a joy. Lucid, informative, and almost up-to-the-minute. ' Weekend Australian

an abridged version of James Hart's superb Companion to American Literature ... Even so, this abridgment contains some 2000 entries and will give you everything ... you need to know about American literature.