Author : Richard Ruland
Release : 2016-04-14
Genre : Literary Criticism
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From Puritanism to Postmodernism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Puritanism to Postmodernism write by Richard Ruland. This book was released on 2016-04-14. From Puritanism to Postmodernism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Widely acknowledged as a contemporary classic that has introduced thousands of readers to American literature, From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature brilliantly charts the fascinating story of American literature from the Puritan legacy to the advent of postmodernism. From realism and romanticism to modernism and postmodernism it examines and reflects on the work of a rich panoply of writers, including Poe, Melville, Fitzgerald, Pound, Wallace Stevens, Gwendolyn Brooks and Thomas Pynchon. Characterised throughout by a vibrant and engaging style it is a superb introduction to American literature, placing it thoughtfully in its rich social, ideological and historical context. A tour de force of both literary and historical writing, this Routledge Classics edition includes a new preface by co-author Richard Ruland, a new foreword by Linda Wagner-Martin and a fascinating interview with Richard Ruland, in which he reflects on the nature of American fiction and his collaboration with Malclolm Bradbury. It is published here for the first time.