American literature / by Bartholow V. Crawford, Alexander C. Kern, and Morriss H. Needleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford, Bartholow V. (Bartholow Vincent), 1888-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

College outline series ; 49.

College outline series ; 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Outlines, syllabi, etc.

American literature.

Genre:

Outlines and syllabi.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 333 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm.

Edition:

[Third edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Barnes & Noble, Inc. Publishers, Booksellers, [1953]

Contents:

The Colonial Period (1607-1763). I. Renaissance and puritan influences

II. The rise of rationalism and democracy

The Revolutionary Period (1763-1810). III. The struggle for independence: deism, national issues, and the beginnings of Belles Lettres

The Romantic Period (1810-1865). IV. Early sentiment and romance

V. Transcendentalism: its major and minor figures

VI. The genteel tradition of New England: its major figures

VII. Walt Whitman: prophet of democracy

VIII. Mid-century minor figures: romancers, essayists, poets

The Triumph of Realism (1865-1914). IX. The local colorists

X. The gilded age: conservatism and iconoclasm

XI. Democracy and the common man: novelists and short-story writers

XII. Convention and revolt in poetry

XIII. Nationalism and cosmopolitanism: essayists, critics and playwrights

Yesterday and Today. XIV. Representative authors.

Notes:

Previous editions published under title: An outline-history of American literature.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy is "Seventh Printing, 1955" of the Third Edition.

Other Format:

Online version: Crawford, Bartholow V. (Bartholow Vincent), b. 1888. American literature.

OCLC:

647239