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American literature, the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States. Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it.
The titles featured here from 1850 to 1900 have had a profound effect on American life, but they are by no means the only influential or best ones.
Reading List of the highlights of American Classic Literature from the Gilded Age, 1865-1914. Includes descriptions of the works.
This text offers a gentle and brief introduction to key works of American literature since 1865. If the educator wants a basic text, then this one could "fit the bill," so to speak. Most of the included works could be described as the best or better known examples.
The short stories “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) and “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846) are gripping tales of horror. In New England, several different groups of writers and thinkers emerged after 1830, each exploring the experiences of individuals in different segments of American society.
American Literature after the Civil War. The devastation of the Civil War seriously challenged the faith in the power of sympathy, family, and God that undergirded sentimentalism as well as the romantic optimism that powered transcendentalism and the antebellum reform movements.
This Open Educational Resource (OER) is designed to provide college students with an introduction to the major works of American literatures from 1865 to the present day. You’ll find rich and diverse stories and voices that have shaped the American experience.
This book is an anthology of American Literatures After 1865, a new revision of the open educational resource entitled Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865 to Present.
Writing the Nation: A Concise Guide to American Literature 1865 to Present is a text that surveys key literary movements and the American authors associated with the movement. Topics include late romanticism, realism, naturalism, modernism, and modern literature.
The First Americans: American Literature During the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods 1. Imagining Eden 1 Writing of the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods 1. Inventing Americas: The Making of American Literature 1800–1865 47.