A brief history of American literature /
Gray, Richard J.
Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first Americans: American literature during the colonial and revolutionary periods -- Inventing Americas: the making of American literature 1800-1865 -- Reconstructing the past, reimagining the future: the development of American literature 1865-1900 -- Making it new: the emergence of modern American literature 1900-1945 -- Negotiating the American century: American literature since 1945.
American literature