Research guide to American literature.
Contributors: Franklin, Benjamin, 1939-; Vietto, Angela; Habich, Robert D., 1951-; Quirk, Tom, 1946-; Scharnhorst, Gary.; Anderson, George Parker, 1957-; Cusatis, John.; Moser, Linda Trinh, 1964-; West, Kathryn, 1962-; Facts on File, Inc.
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816078615; 9780816078622; 9780816078639; 9780816078646; 9780816078653; 9780816078660; 9780816078677
Subjects: American literature -- Research -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; American literature -- History and criticism; Canon (Literature)
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: "A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1: colonial literature, 1607-1776 / Benjamin Franklin V; title: Volume 2: early American literature, 1776-1820 / Angela Vietto; title: Volume 3: romanticism and transcendentalism, 1820-1865 / Robert D. Habich; title: Volume 4: realism and regionalism, 1865-1914 / Thomas Quirk and Gary F. Scharnhorst; title: Volume 5: American modernism, 1914-1945 / George Parker Anderson; title: Volume 6: postwar literature, 1945-1970 / John Cusatis; title: Volume 7: contemporary literature, 1970 to present / Linda Trinh Moser  and Kathryn West.