Cambridge Companion to Early American Literature

This book introduces readers to early American literary studies through original readings of key literary texts.

List of contents

Introduction: narratives of early America old and new Bryce Traister; Part I. How to Read Early America: 1. How to read things that weren't written down in early America Matt Cohen; 2. How to read the natural world Molly Farrell; 3. How to read early American poetry Amy Morris; 4. How to read gender Laura Stevens; 5. How to read an early American novel Marion Rust; 6. How to read democracy in early America Dana Nelson; Part II. Readings in Early America: 7. Accident, disaster, and trauma: shattered in early America Kathleen Donegan; 8. Settler Kitsch: the legacies of Puritanism in America Jonathan Beecher Field; 9. Like a prayer: the anti-slavery petition in the era of revolution Paul Downes; 10. Varieties of bondage in the early Atlantic Ramesh Mallipeddi; 11. The erotics of early America Sandra Slater; Part III. Early American Places: 12. Indigenous colonial America Caroline Wigginton; 13. Colonial Latin America Allison Bigelow; 14. The colonial Pacific Michelle Burnham; 15. Caribbean America Cassander Smith.

About the author

Bryce Traister is a Canadian based academic who reads and writes mainly about early American literature, religion, and culture. He has published one monograph, Female Piety and the Invention of American Puritanism (Ohio, 2016), and edited a collection of essays, American Literature and the New Puritan Studies (Cambridge, 2017).

Summary

This Companion covers American literary history from European colonization to the early republic. It provides a succinct introduction to the major themes and concepts in the field of early American literature.

Product details

• Authors: Bryce Traister, Bryce (University of British Columbia Traister
• Assisted by: Bryce Traister (Editor), Bryce (University of British Columbia Traister (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781108793490
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79349-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, History of the Americas, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides