American Literature in Context: 1865-1900: 3 - Softcover

Students of American literature and American studies will welcome this new series that examines the peculiarly cultural context out of which the nation's literature has developed. Between the Civil War and 1900, an enormous population explosion, rapid urbanization and massive industrialization combined to transform American society. America's literary culture, however, found it difficult to cope with the speed and cost of these changes that were making the United States the world's most advanced and powerful industrial nation. This volume focuses on the struggles of American writers to make sense of their changing world.