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The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature

2004
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This four-volume set covers American literature, from the European discovery of America to the present, with entries in alphabetical order. It includes 350 substantive critical and interpretive essays on the most-studied American authors, literary masterworks, and genres or movements.
Main title:
The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature / Jay Parini, editor in chief.
Author:
Imprint:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Collation:
4 v. (various pagings) : ports. ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents:
Contents: v. 1. Academic novels-the essay in America - v. 2. William Faulkner-Mina Loy - v. 3. Norman Mailer-sentimental literature - v. 4. Anne Sexton-writing as a woman in the twentieth century.
ISBN:
978019516727601951565360195167244 (v1)0195167252 (v2)0195167260 (v3)0195167279 (v4)9780195156539978019516724597801951672529780195167269
Dewey class:
810.3
Local class:
810.3
Language:
English
Related title:
The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature [electronic resource]
BRN:
1614120
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