Guide to American Literature and Its Backgrounds since 1890: Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edition

To this revised work, authors Howard Jones and Richard Ludwig have added new titles, removed obsolescent ones, and noted new editions of important background books and guides. The reading lists have been increased from the third edition by a new list on drama and by new titles from the sixties and early seventies. The information on periodicals has been brought up to date, and relevant material since 1966 has been added to the table of events and other historical sections. PREFATORY NOTE TO THE FOURTH EDITION Contents GENERAL INTRODUCTION ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR PUBLISHING COMPANIES The Backgrounds of American Literature since 1890 I. GENERAL GUIDES II. GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS III. GENERAL HISTORIES IV. SPECIAL ASPECTS V. LITERARY HISTORY VI. CRITICAL LIST OF MAGAZINES VII. CHIEF HISTORICAL EVENTS, 1890-1971 Reading Lists of American Literature since 1890 I. AMERICAN LITERATURE 1890-1919 II. AMERICAN LITERATURE III. SOME CONTINUING ELEMENTS Index of Authors A listing of outstanding American literary works is presented together with essays on the political and social contexts in which they were produced