profiles of 300 notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them
Moss, Joyce
Provides the historical background of the most-studied novels, plays, poems, speeches and short stories. Entries examine both the historical setting of the literary work and the historical events taking place at the time the work was written.
profiles of notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them
Moss, Joyce
Provides the historical background of the most-studied novels, plays, poems, speeches and short stories. Entries examine both the historical setting of the literary work and the historical events taking place at the time the work was written.
Presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history.
Presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history.
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.
