USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This history of American literature begins with the arrival of English-speaking Europeans in what would become the United States. At first American literature was naturally a colonial literature, by authors who were Englishmen and who thought and wrote as such.

Detailed explanation-2: -How did American literature and art have an impact on American life? Americans were divided by sectionalism and slavery, but they were united by nationalism and an optimistic belief in the possibility of improving themselves and society. These ideas were expressed in and reinforced by American art and literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -By the first decades of the 19th century, a truly American literature began to emerge. Though still derived from British literary tradition, the short stories and novels published from 1800 through the 1820s began to depict American society and explore the American landscape in an unprecedented manner.

Detailed explanation-4: -The American cultural identity and civilization are both transcribed in the body of literature that this nation has produced. The rich literary output reflects the general characteristics of the country’s ongoing reinvention and redefinition.