American Literature in Context: 1620-1830
A foundational survey of American literary history and Fender's central field of scholarship.
Author guide
Stephen Fender Books in Order
Stephen Fender was born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford and in the United Kingdom. He taught at Santa Clara, Williams, Dartmouth, Edinburgh, University College London, and the University of Sussex, where he served as Professor and Chair of American Studies. His books examine American literature, emigration, national identity, the California Trail, the New Deal, and literary history.
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scholarly reference series · completed
American Literature in Context
A multi-volume scholarly survey of American literature organized by historical period.
- 1 American Literature in Context: 1620-1830Amazon ↗
Book 1 · scholarly survey · 1983
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (1)
- 50 Facts That Should Change the USAAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2008
Nonfiction (3)
Edited works (3)
Collaborations (1)
- Love, Sex, Death & Words: Surprising Tales from a Year in LiteratureAmazon ↗
co-authored nonfiction · 2010
Other (3)
- Plotting the Golden West: American Literature and the Rhetoric of the California TrailAmazon ↗
scholarly monograph · 1981
- Sea Changes: British Emigration and American LiteratureAmazon ↗
scholarly monograph · 1992
- Nature, Class, and New Deal Literature: The Country Poor in the Great DepressionAmazon ↗
scholarly monograph · 2011