Title: American literature in context from 1865 to 1929
Description: "This book places major literary works within the context of the topics that engaged a great number of American writers in the period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great Depression. Topics include Civil War memory, the virtual re-enslavement of African-Americans after Reconstruction, and radical social movements. The book draws on a range of documents from magazine and newspaper accounts to government reports and important non-fiction and presents a contemporary history as writers might have understood it as they were writing, not as historians have interpreted it."--From publisher website.
Subjects: American literature, History and criticism, Literature and history, National characteristics, American, in literature, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century