内容提要 《美国文学简史》试图简洁而全面地展现美国民族的想象力——以文字形式体现出来的想象力。《美国文学简史》共分五章,章实际上是前史,即美国文学正式诞生前的文学史,是对新大陆这一“伊甸园”的想象。第二章的主题为“美国文学的创造” ,与“创造美国”这一主题密切相关,论述美国从1800年建国后到1865年南北战争结束之间的美国文学。第三章的主题为“重现过去,重塑未来”,与“重建美国”这一主题密切相关,论述南北战争后到1900 年之间的美国文学。第四章的主题为现代美国和现代主义,论述1900年至1945年二战结束之间的美国文学。第五章的主题是“美国的世纪”,论述1945年二战结束后美国逐渐称霸时期的美国文学。 目录 1 The First Americans:American Literature During the Colonial and Revolutionary PeriodsImagining EdenWriting of the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods2 Inventing Americas:The Making of American Literature 1800-1865 Making a NationThe Making of American MythsThe Making of American SelvesThe Making of Many AmericasThe Making of an American Fiction and Poetry3 Reconstructing the Past, Reimagining the Future:The Development of American Literature 1865-1900Rebuilding a NationThe Development of Literary RegionalismsThe Development of Literary Realism and NaturalismThe Development of Women's WritingThe Development of Many Americas4 Making It New:The Emergence of Modern American Literature 1900-1945Changing National IdentitiesBetween Victorianism and ModernismThe Inventions of ModernismTraditionalism, Politics, and ProphecyCommunity and IdentityMass Culture and the Writer5 Negotiating the American Century:American Literature Since 1945Towards a Transnational NationFormalists and ConfessionalsPublic and Private HistoriesBeats, Prophets, and AesthetesThe Art and Politics of RaceRealism and Its DiscontentsLanguage and GenreCreating New AmericasIndex 作者介绍
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