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448 pages; 6 x 9 inches

A Reader and Course Guide

Edited by Philip Butcher

Volume II of The Minority Presence in American Literature, 1600–1900, edited by Philip Butcher, explores the representation of social, ethnic, and religious minorities in American literature. While the first volume emphasizes the portrayal of blacks and Native Americans in American literature, this second volume devotes considerable attention to European and Chinese immigrants. With pertinent selections from the works of Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, Frank Norris, William Dean Howells, Charles Chesnutt, and others, Volume II of The Minority Presence in American Literature provides a basis for more broadly examining the literary representation of minority groups in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Three introductory essays, also found in Volume I, establish standards for appraising the selections both as literature and social documents. This anthology, which provides authoritative and enlightened guidance to both specialists and generalists, is an invaluable reference for students of American literature and American studies.

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