The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature

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You're no idiot, of course. You know that Samuel Clemens had a better-known pen name, Moby Dick is a famous whale, and the Raven only said,"Nevermore." But when it comes to understanding the great works of Mark Twain, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe, you'd rather rent the videos than head to your local library. Don't tear up your library card yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature teaches you all about the rich tradition of American prose and poetry, so you can fully appreciate its magnificent diversity. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:

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Modernism : This 20th - century literary movement , spearheaded by Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot , used fragmentation , allusions , symbols , irony , and shifting points of view to respond to the social breakdown of the early 20th century .
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61 Part 2 : The New England Renaissance ( 1840-1855 ) 75 7 The Sage of Concord : Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 1803-1882 ) 77 Learn why Emerson is the key intellectual and philosophical voice of 19th - century America and see what ...
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Part 3 : The War Between the States ( 1855-1865 ) 95 107 117 11 The Little Woman Who Started This Great Big War : Harriet Beecher Stowe ( 1811-1896 ) 119 Find out why Uncle Tom's Cabin was the most influential book of the 19th century .
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18 Color My World : The Local Colorists ( 1865-1930 ) Tour 19th - century America with the regional writers Bret Harte , Mary Wilkins Freeman , Sarah Orne Jewett , Kate Chopin , Charlotte Perkins Gilman , and Willa Cather .
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... Fenimore Cooper did the same for the American novel . Part 1 concludes with a discussion of Edgar Allan Poe . You'll learn that he invented the modern short story , detective story , and horror tale . By the end of the 19th century ...

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature
Laurie E. Rozakis
Vista previa limitada - 1999
The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature
Laurie Rozakis
Vista previa limitada - 1999
The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature
Laurie Rozakis
Sin vista previa disponible - 1999

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TítuloThe Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature
The Complete Idiot's Guide Series
AutorLaurie E. Rozakis
Ediciónilustrada
EditorPenguin, 1999
ISBN0028633784, 9780028633787
Largo468 páginas
  
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