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4 days ago · Chain-Gang All-Stars is a new Great American Novel for its scalding critique of America’s systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and the American prison industry. Read Chain-Gang All Stars for a powerful exploration of what true freedom means. Buy the book now: Bookshop.org | Amazon | Barnes & Noble. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (2023)
4 days ago · William Hill Brown’s “The Power of Sympathy,” published anonymously by Isaiah Thomas & Company, is widely cited as something momentous: the first American novel. Around 100 pages long, Brown’s narrative tells of two young New Englanders whose love affair abruptly and tragically ends when they learn a shocking secret that makes their ...
4 days ago · The 17th century. Map of Virginia from John Smith's The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles, 1624. This history of American literature begins with the arrival of English-speaking Europeans in what would become the United States.
- Literature has existed in the Americas for as long as the people who lived there have been telling stories. Native American cultures have a rich hi...
- Notable authors of American literature include: John Smith, who wrote some of its earliest works; Phillis Wheatley, who was the first Black woman t...
- American literature is often divided into six major periods:
5 days ago · Like many other early American writers, fiction and nonfiction, Brown tied the behavior of women to the fate of the larger society. The novel’s correspondents fret about the destabilizing ...
5 days ago · How it became considered the first. The Power of Sympathy was commonly cited as the first American novel in the 1800s, but few bothered debating it until the 20th century. Scholars then agreed ...
Jul 14, 2024 · The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction,...
5 days ago · Books with America in the title include South America by James Bryce, The Plot Against America by Philip Roth, and Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville. If you have a favorite America book, vote it up below, or add it to the list if it's not already here.
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