TY - BOOK AU - Ruland,Richard AU - Bradbury,Malcolm TI - From Puritanism to postmodernism: a history of American literature SN - 9780140144352 AV - PS88 PY - 1992/// CY - New York, New York PB - Penguin Books KW - American literature KW - History and criticism N1 - Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking, 1991; 4; Part 1: The literature of British America --; The Puritan Legacy --; Awakening and enlightenment --; Part 2: From colonial outpost to cultural province --; Revolution and (in)dependence --; American naissance --; Yea-saying and nay-saying --; Part 3: Native and cosmopolitan crosscurrants --; from local color to realism and naturalism --; Secession and loyalty --; Muckrakers and early moderns --; Part 4: Modernism and the American grain --; Outland darts and homemade worlds --; The second flowering --; Radical reassessments --; Strange realities, adequate fictions; 2 ER -