The Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature

Description:

Organized primarily in terms of genre, this handbook includes original research on key concepts, as well as analysis of interesting texts from throughout colonial America. Separate chapters are devoted to literary genres of great importance at the time of their composition that have been neglected in recent decades.

subjects: Intellectual life,  History and criticism,  American literature,  American literature, history and criticism, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775,  American literature, history and criticism, revolutionary period, 1775-1783,  United states, intellectual life