Each of the ten chronological chapters in this book is systematically subdivided into six sections:
(1) Population of the USA (2) Readership (3) Media (4) Forms (5) Authorship (6) Criticism of the national literature. The book identifies the reading part (2) of the national population (1), then looks at the media (3) that bring the literary forms (4) to them, and finally moves to the authors (5) and critics (6) who produce and define US literature. In other words, it tries to relate literary forms to their social context. Instead of following chapters I. (1607 - 1763) to X. (1968 - 1999), this abstract will follow the six sections:Möchten Sie Ihre wissenschaftliche Arbeit publizieren? Erfahren Sie mehr über unsere günstigen Konditionen und unseren Service für Autorinnen und Autoren.