The Cambridge Companion To Early American Literature

This book introduces readers to early American literary studies through original readings of key literary texts.

This Companion covers American literary history from European colonization to the early republic. It provides a succinct introduction to the major themes and concepts in the field of early American literature, including new world migration, indigenous encounters, religious and secular histories, and the emergence of American literary genres. This book guides readers through important conceptual and theoretical issues, while also grounding these issues in close readings of key literary texts from early America.

Offers an overview of American environmental literature across genres and time periods, introducing readers to a range of ecocritical methodologies.

An informative and wide-ranging overview of Native American literature from the 1770s to present day.

This volume offers a rigorous yet accessible overview of the key questions and intersectional approaches pertaining to American literature and the body. The chapters have been written in an accessible style, making them useful for undergraduates as well as for more experienced researchers.

This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction's genres, themes, and concepts.

This book provides a new map of American literature in the global era, analyzing the multiple meanings of transnationalism.

This book brings together leading scholars to examine slavery in American literature from the eighteenth century to the present day.