A Companion to American Literature and Culture

This expansive Companion offers a set of fresh perspectiveson the wealth of texts produced in and around what is now theUnited States.

Highlights the diverse voices that constitute Americanliterature, embracing oral traditions, slave narratives, regionalwriting, literature of the environment, and more

Demonstrates that American literature was multicultural beforeEuropeans arrived on the continent, and even more sothereafter

Offers three distinct paradigms for thinking about Americanliterature, focusing on: genealogies of American literary study;writers and issues; and contemporary theories and practices

Enables students and researchers to generate richer, morevaried and more comprehensive readings of American literature