A People's History of English and American Literature

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Nova Publishers, 2002 - 281 páginas
With special emphasis on literary merit, this book chronicles the literature of the great nations of Britain and America from their earliest origins to the twenty-first century.

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The Literature of America in the Twentieth Century
169
Periods of English Literature
233
Periods of American Literature
235
Rulers of England and Great Britain
237
Presidents of the United States
241
Poets Laureate of England
243
Poets Laureate of the United States
245
BookerMcconnell Prize for Fiction 19692001
247

The Romantic Period in England 17901832
49
The Literature of the American Revolution 17651800
59
The Literature of the New Republic 1800 1875
71
The Victorian Age in England 18371901
95
The Industrial Age in America 18751900
113
The Literature of England in the Twentieth Century
123
Winners of the Pulitzer Prizes for Literature 19172002
249
Nobel Laureates for Literature 1901 to 2001
261
Selected References
265
Index
273
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