Renker, Elizabeth

The origins of American literature studies : an institutional history / Elizabeth Renker - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 - xii, 219 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 154 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-211) and index

9780521883450 (alk. paper) RM327.22


American literature--Study and teaching--History--United States
American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Literature and society--History--United States
Criticism--History--United States
National characteristics, American, in literature
Canon (Literature)


United States--Intellectual life--History

PS25 / .R464