ThisCompanioncoversAmericanliteraryhistoryfromEuropeancolonizationtotheearlyrepublic.ItprovidesasuccinctintroductiontothemajorthemesandconceptsinthefieldofearlyAmericanliterature,includingnewworldmigration,indigenousencounters,religiousandsecularhistories,andtheemergenceofAmericanliterarygenres.Thisbookguidesreadersthroughimportantconceptualandtheoreticalissues,whilealsogroundingtheseissuesinclosereadingsofkeyliterarytextsfromearlyAmerica.
