Prentice hall literature : the american experience /
Kate Kinsella, Sharon Vaughn, Kevin Feldman, [y otros siete].
- Boston : Pearson, 2007
- 697 páginas ; ilustraciones, 28 cm.
UNIT 1. A GATHERING OF VOICES: LITERATURE OF EARLY AMERICA(BEGINNINGS TO 1750). Part 1. Meeting of cultures. Part 2. Focus on literary forms: narrative accounts. Part 3. The puritan influence. UNIT 2. A NATION IS BORN: EARLY NATIONAL LITERATURE (1750-1800). Part 1. Voices for freedom. Part 2. Focus on literary forms: speeches. Part 3. Defining an american. UNIT 3. A GROWING NATION: NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE (1800-1870). Part 1. Fireside and campfire. Part 2. Shadows of the imagination. Part 3. The human spirit and the natural world. Part 4. Living in a changing world. UNIT 5. DISILLUSION, DEFIANCE, AND DISCONTENT: THE MODERN AGE(1914-1946). Part 1. Facing troubled times. Part 2. Focus on literary forms: short stories. Part 3. From every corner of the land. UNIT 6. PROSPERITY AND PROTEST: THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (1946-PRESENT). Part 1. Literature confronts the everyday. Part 2. Focus on literary forms: essays. PArt 3. social protest. RESOURCES. Reading and vocabulary handbook. Literary terms handbook. Writing handbook. Communications handbook. Test prep handbook. Grammar, usage, and mechanics handbook. Indexes. Acknowledgments (continued). Credits.