The Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature
About this book
Organized primarily in terms of genre, this handbook includes original research on key concepts, as well as analysis of interesting texts from throughout colonial America. Separate chapters are devoted to literary genres of great importance at the time of their composition that have been neglected in recent decades.
Subjects
Intellectual lifeHistory and criticismAmerican literatureAmerican literature, history and criticism, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775American literature, history and criticism, revolutionary period, 1775-1783United states, intellectual life