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Literature in America : An Illustrated History by Peter Conn (1989, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521303737
ISBN-139780521303736
eBay Product ID (ePID)748846
Product Key Features
Book TitleLiterature in America : an Illustrated History
Number of Pages608 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAmerican / General
Publication Year1989
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism
AuthorPeter Conn
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight53.1 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN88-030505
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal810/.9
SynopsisThe entire span of American literature, in all its variety, from the early seventeenth-century to the late 1980s, is vividly recorded in this authoritative book. Professor Conn summarises the distinctive achievement of the novelists, poets, playwrights, and prose writers who together make up the fabric of America's literary heritage. Classics such as Thoreau, Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Norman Mailer and Toni Morrison - all are expertly placed in their literary, historical, and cultural context. The scope of the book is enlarged by helpful chronological tables, an annotated guide to further reading, and above all by abundant illustrations. Its almost 200 half tones and colour plates comprise portraits and photographs of writers, original illustrations from novels, scenes from famous productions of plays, reproductions of manuscripts, paintings, cartoons, and rare printed material - an exceptional range of visual images which enrich and extend the book's discussion., Professor Conn summarises the distinctive achievement of the novelists, poets, playwrights, and prose writers who make up the America's literary heritage from the early seventeenth-century to the late 1980's. Through helpful chronological tables, an annotated guide to further reading and an exceptional range of visual images, they will enrich and extend the book's discussion.
LC Classification NumberPS88 .C65 1989
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