Traces American literary history and criticism from colonial days to the present.

Traces American literary history and criticism from colonial days to the present.

(Cornell University. Messenger lectures on the evolution of civilization, 1947) Selected list of works on the history and philosophy of American literature, p. 195-200.

The development of American literature into a powerful intellectual force is examined and assessed from early colonial times.

The development of American literature into a powerful intellectual force is examined and assessed from early colonial times.