A History of American Literature

This major new history of American literature from pre-Columbian times to the present is written in an informed but accessible style by one of the leading authorities in the field.

• A major new one-volume history of American literature from pre-Columbian times to the present.
  
• Extremely broad-ranging, taking in Native American, Anglo American, African American, Asian American and Hispanic American literature.
  
• Covers oral literature, folktales, spirituals, the blues, the western, the detective story, the thriller and science fiction, as well as canonical literature.
  
• Relates the history of American literature to American social and cultural history.
  
• Takes account of changes in critical and theoretical debates about literature in the last 30 years.
  
• Written by a leading international authority on American literature.