Our Literary Heritage by Van Wyck Brooks
A spirited, interpretive survey that traces the development of American letters from colonial beginnings through the nineteenth century, examining major writers, movements, and cultural forces that shaped a distinct national literature; it blends close readings, biographical detail, and cultural criticism to argue that American letters matured through a tension between provincialism and cosmopolitan ambition, highlighting how individual creativity, historical circumstance, and social change forged a lasting literary inheritance.
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