the cambridge history of american literature vol 3 1860-1920

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1、THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFAMERICANLITERATURETheCambridgeHistoryofAmericanLiteratureaddressesthebroadspectrumofnewandestablisheddirectionsinallbranchesofAmericanwritingandincludestheworkofscholarsandcriticswhohaveshaped,andwhocontinuetoshape,whathasbecomeamajorareaofliteraryscholarship.T

2、heauthorsspanthreedecadesofachievementinAmericanliterarycriticism,therebyspeakingforbothconti-nuityandchangebetweengenerationsofscholarship.GenerouslyproportionednarrativesallowatonceforabroadervisionandsweepofAmericanliteraryhistorythanhasbeenpossiblepreviously.Andwhilethevoiceoft

3、raditionalcriticismformsabackgroundforthesenarratives,itjoinsforceswiththediversityofintereststhatcharacterizecontemporaryliterarystudies.TheHistoryofferswide-ranging,interdisciplinaryaccountsofAmericangenresandperiods.Generatedpartlybytherecentunearthingofpreviouslyneglectedtexts,

4、theexpansionofmaterialinAmericanliteraturecoincideswithadramaticincreaseinthediversityofapproachestothatmaterial.Themul-tifacetedscholarlyandcriticalenterpriseembodiedinTheCambridgeHistoryofAmericanLiteratureaddressesthesemultiplicities–social,cultural,intellec-tual,andaesthetic–an

5、ddemonstratesaricherconceptofauthorityinliterarystudiesthanisfoundinearlieraccounts.ThisvolumecoversapivotaleraintheformationofAmericanidentity.Fourleadingscholarsconnecttheliteraturewiththemassivehistoricalchangesthenunderway.RichardH.Brodheaddescribesthefoundationofapermanentlite

6、rarycultureinAmerica.NancyBentleylocatestheoriginsofnineteenth-centuryRealisminaneliteculture’sresponsestoanemergentmassculture,embracinghighliteratureaswellasawidespectrumofculturaloutsiders:AfricanAmericans,women,andNativeAmericans.WalterBennMichaelsemphasizesthecriticalrolethatt

7、urn-of-the-centuryfictionplayedinthere-evaluationoftheindividualattheadventofmodernbureaucracy.SusanL.MizruchianalyzestheeconomicandculturalrepresentationsofanewnationalheterogeneitythathelpedforecastthemulticulturalfutureofmodernAmerica.Together,thesenarrativesconstitutetherichest,

8、mostdetailedaccounttodateo