Horton, Rod William,  1910- <br/><br/>
Backgrounds of American literary thought / 
Rod W. Horton and Herbert W. Edwards. 
 - Second edition. 
 - xii, 538 pages ;  19 cm 
 - Appleton-Century handbooks of literature .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Idealism -- Puritanism -- Enlightenment in the colonies -- Political patterns in the early republic -- Unitarianism and transcendentalism -- Expansionism -- The triumph of industry -- Evolution and pragmatism -- Gentility and revolt -- Marxism -- Literary naturalism -- Imperialism and isolation -- Babbitts, bootleggers, and sad young men -- Intellectual currents of the twenties : Freudianism and others -- The sense of tragedy : patterns of Southern experience -- Breadlines and big government -- Science and essence in the postwar world. 
<br/><br/> Surveys the intellectual, social, political, and economic trends and events that inspired the works of America's leading writers since the Puritan Era. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>67010321  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>(AMICUS)000001024010 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--History and criticism
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Civilization<br/>United States--Intellectual life
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS88  / .H678 1967