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Literature California treasures : American literature / program consultants, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm [and three others]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Glencoe literature seriesPublisher: New York : Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, [2010]Description: lv, 1365 pages : color illustrations, color mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780078793042
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 810
Contents:
Unit I. Early America : beginnings, 1800
The sacred earth and the power of storytelling
Life in the new world
The road to independence
Unit II. American Romanticism, 1800-1860
Individualism, optimism, and nature
The dark side of romanticism
Unit III. The civil war era, 1850-1880
Resistance to slavery
The civil war : a nation divided
A poetic revolution
Unit IV. Regionalism and realism, 1880-1910
Regionalism and local color
Realism and naturalism
Unit V. Beginnings of the modern age, 1910-1930s
Modern poetry
Modern fiction
The Harlem renaissance
Unit VI. From depression to cold war, 1930s-1960s
The new regionalism and the city
The United States and the world
Unit VII. The into the 21st century, 1960s-Present
An era of protest
Nature and technology
Extending and remaking traditions
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Book Book N.S. Amoranto Branch Reference Section Circulation C 810 L776 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 132036d

Includes indexes.

Unit I. Early America : beginnings, 1800

The sacred earth and the power of storytelling

Life in the new world

The road to independence

Unit II. American Romanticism, 1800-1860

Individualism, optimism, and nature

The dark side of romanticism

Unit III. The civil war era, 1850-1880

Resistance to slavery

The civil war : a nation divided

A poetic revolution

Unit IV. Regionalism and realism, 1880-1910

Regionalism and local color

Realism and naturalism

Unit V. Beginnings of the modern age, 1910-1930s

Modern poetry

Modern fiction

The Harlem renaissance

Unit VI. From depression to cold war, 1930s-1960s

The new regionalism and the city

The United States and the world

Unit VII. The into the 21st century, 1960s-Present

An era of protest

Nature and technology

Extending and remaking traditions

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