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A survey of the English prose, poetry and drama of the United States from Colonial times to the1980s.

"English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World" by William J. Long resents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era. It's a useful and interesting guide for students as well as teachers of English literature, specially European and American, despite over a hundred years passing since the time of its first publication.

The Outline of American literature, newly revised, traces the paths of American narrative, fiction, poetry and drama as they move from pre-colonial times into the present, through such literary movements as romanticism, realism and experimentation. Contents: 1) Early American and Colonial Period to 1776. 2) Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers, 1776-1820. 3) The Romantic Period, 1820-1860, Essayists and Poets. 4) The Romantic Period, 1820-1860, Fiction. 5) The Rise of Realism: 1860-1914. 6) Modernism and Experimentation: 1914-1945. 7) American Poetry, 1945-1990: The Anti-Tradition. 8) American Prose, 1945-1990: Realism and Experimentation. 9) Contemporary American Poetry. 10) Contemporary American Literature.

Traces the history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day.