| American History Through Literature: 1820-1920, 6 Volume Set Contributor(s): Collar, Alja (Editor), Gabler-Hover, Janet (Editor), Sattelmeyer, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0684314681 ISBN-13: 9780684314686 Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons OUR PRICE: $1484.38 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: Designed for the general reader, this set presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| Physical Information: 10" H x 12.5" W x 18" (22.30 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Designed for the general reader, this set presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is new historicist in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history.01 |