Examines the relationship between American history and literature between 1870 and 1920, presenting alphabetized articles on topics such as pragmatism, theater, World War I, Wounded Knee, and suffrage. This volume covers Pr-Y.
Examines the relationship between American history and literature between 1820 and 1870, presenting alphabetized articles on topics such as Romanticism, satire, and the Trail of Tears. This volume covers R-Y.
Examines the relationship between American history and literature between 1870 and 1920, presenting alphabetized articles on topics such as Haymarket Square, humor, the Ku Klux Klan, philosophy, and poverty. This volume covers H-Po.
Examines the relationship between American history and literature between 1820 and 1870, presenting alphabetized articles on topics such as Harpers Ferry, immigration, the Indian Wars, the Oregon Trail, and Puritanism. This volume covers H-Q.
Examines the relationship between American history and literature between 1820 and 1920, presenting alphabetized articles on topics such as abolition, the Indian Wars, Romanticism, satire, and World War I.
Contains six essays in which the authors examine the historical context of the literary works of early twentieth-century American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, focusing on the cultural and intellectual climate of the 1920s and 1930s, and its influence on his writing.
profiles of 300 notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them. Volume 3, Growth of empires to the Great Depression (1890-1930s)
Wilson, George
1997
This volume contains introductions and historical background to numerous well-known literary works.