American Voices: A Collection of Drama, Novel, and Poetry

The book provides valuable insights into the history, culture and voices of America by offering “an in-depth analysis of the diverse facets of socio-cultural dynamics of America”. This book traces the history of American Poetry, Drama, Fiction, social and literary criticism from the early 17th century through the turn of the 21st century. Individualism and Self-Reliance American these themes are focused in the book. The dream of American people is depicted very effectively. The book has two parts in part I there are 10 chapters covering all the major themes of American literature including modernism and post-modernism, racism and search for identity in Afro-American Literature. The part II covers critical responses. Post-colonialism has become one of the most exciting, rapidly expanding and challenging areas of literary and cultural studies today. Hence, the book includes the chapter modernism and post modernism. Dealing with the major themes of poetry, drama and fiction, the book aims at fascinating the readers with a broad spectrum of perspectives which have much contemporary relevance in the arena of post-colonial literature today. This book is useful for all U.G. and P.G. students who are studying American Literature.