American Literary History

Author: Tong Ming
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Professor Tong Ming has many years of teaching and research experience at the University of California in the United States. A History of American Literature is based on his academic accumulation and is written specifically for Chinese readers. It offers both a macro-narrative of the development of American literature and a detailed analysis of specific works. The content is rich, the perspectives are novel, the evaluations are fair, and the writing is fluent. It is a literary history that is hard to put down and an indispensable teaching material for English majors and teachers.
Vice President of the National Association of American Literature Research—Professor Wang Shouren: Professor Tong Ming's A History of American Literature is particularly notable for its vast temporal and spatial scope. Such a large-scale English-language treatise on American literary history is being published in China for the first time. With a deep understanding of the latest research trends in American academia and a unique perspective from an Asian scholar, it balances historical research with appreciations of key works. The insights are profound, and the writing is elegant, making it a rare and valuable book for scholars in China.
President of the National Association of British Literature Research—Professor He Qixin: Professor Tong Ming's A History of American Literature is particularly notable for its vast temporal and spatial scope. Such a large-scale English-language treatise on American literary history is being published in China for the first time. With a deep understanding of the latest research trends in American academia and a unique perspective from an Asian scholar, it balances historical research with appreciations of key works. The insights are profound, and the writing is elegant, making it a rare and valuable book for scholars in China.