Heritage of American literature : Civil war to the present/Beginnings to the civil war /
James E. Miller, Jr
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, c1991
- xxvii, 2046 pages 23 cm.
- Volume 1 .
Includes index.
Part1. Beginnings: The Colonies (1608-1765) Prologue: On the eve of America's discovery -- Part2. Foundations: The new nation (1765-1830) From Edwards to Franklin: Divergence and continuity -- Part3. Fruition: The coming of age (1830-1865) The Transcendental Spirit
Heritage of American Literature presents a survey of the travel narratives, exploration and discovery accounts, religious and political tracts, formal and informal essays, humor and wit, fiction, poetry and drama inspired by America from Columbus discovers in 1942 up to the 1990s.