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"This volume covers American literature during the first years of the new nation. Topics discussed include sentimental novels; essays, magazines, and nation-building; travel in fiction and nonfiction; poetry and social class; letters as literature; The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; The Declaration of Independence; Ben Franklin's Autobiography; Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"; and many more."--Back cover.
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"[C]overs American literature from the second half of the 19th century up to the start of World War I. Topics discussed include Kate Chopin's The Awakening; Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage; Emily Dickinson; Henry James's "Daisy Miller"; naturalism; reform literature; Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; westerns; Walt Whitman's "Drum-Taps"; and more."--Back cover.
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Encyclopedia of African-American Literature, Second Edition covers the entire spectrum of the African-American literary tradition, from the 18th-century writings of pioneers such as Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley, to 20th-century canonic texts, to the finest of today's best-selling authors and rap artists.
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