The story of our literature; an interpretation of the American spirit / by John Louis Haney, Ph.D. President, and Professor of English Philology Central High School, Philadelphia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haney, John Louis, 1877-1960.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

Penn Provenance:

Haney, John Louis, 1877-1960 (autograph) (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 437 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm

Edition:

Revised and enlarged edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Chicago ; Boston [etc.] : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1939]

Notes:

With half-title.

"Copyright, 1923, 1939, by Charles Scibner's Sons."

"The present revised edition represents a rewriting of the latter half of the text, with the addition of nearly eighty writers who have become prominent during the past decade. About one hundred and fifty new names have been summarized in the list of American writers ..."--Note.

"Suggestions for reading and study": p. 409-424.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has Scribner Newsletter, H. T. Webser cartoon, newspaper column and black bordered envelope and card from the Bok family addressed to John Louis Haney laid in.

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of "John Louis Haney Author's Copy, March 29, 1939".

Culture Class Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations throughout.

OCLC:

1358509