Title: The cycle of American literature
Subtitle: an essay in historical criticism.
Description: This comprehensive and penetrating study of American writing traces its colorful development from the first writing produced in the Western Hemisphere, a letter from Christopher Columbus to King Ferdinand, to the works William Faulkner. It shows how American literature evolved as the living experience of a democratic people.
"One of the most stimulating, exciting and rewarding surveys of American literature."	—Boston Herald
"A discriminating, concise evaluation of important writers and their works."	—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Subjects: American literature
People: Christopher Columbus, William Faulkner