American history through literature, 1870-1920 
Tom Quirk and Gary Scharnhorst, editors-in-chief. 
 - Detroit, Mich. :  Charles Scribner's Sons,  c2006. 
 - 1 online resource (xx, 1340 p.) :  ill. 
 - Gale eBooks .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>v. 1. Addiction to ghost stories -- v. 2. Harper & brothers to poverty -- v. 3. Pragmatism to "The Yellow Wall-Paper" and index. 
<br/><br/> Presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780684314938 0684314932 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--19th century--Encyclopedias.<br/>Literature and history--History--United States--19th century--Encyclopedias.<br/>Literature and history--History--United States--20th century--Encyclopedias.<br/>American literature--20th century--Encyclopedias.<br/>History in literature--Encyclopedias.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Historiography--19th century--Encyclopedias.<br/>United States--History--Historiography--20th century--Encyclopedias.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS217.H57  PS228.H57 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810.935809034