Further Reading 829A History of American Literature, Second Edition. Richard Gray.
© 2012 Richard Gray. Published 2012 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.The following list of books is necessarily and highly selective, even though I have omitted
works on individual authors. I have tried to choose a range of introductory and more
advanced works that bear witness to the variety and scope of American literature and that
might be useful to both those new to the subject and those pursuing more specialized studies.
I have arranged most of the titles according to the chapters of this history. Inevitably, there
are many books listed here that cut across one or more, or perhaps even all, of the chrono-
logical boundaries mapped out by the chapters. In such cases, I have simply placed books
under the chapter headings, and in the period, where I myself have found them most useful
as sources of information and guidance. Readers are advised, if they are interested in a par-
ticular subject or theme – and perhaps even if they are not – to browse through the list as a
whole for advice about further reading.Bibliographies and Reference WorksAndrews, William L., Foster, Frances Smith, and Harris, Trudier (eds.), The Concise Oxford
Companion to African American Literature (2001).
Bordman, Gerald (ed.), The Oxford Companion to the American Theatre (1984; 2nd ed.,
1992).
Bradbury, Malcolm, Franco, Jean, and Mottram, Eric (eds.), The Penguin Companion to
Literature: The United States and Latin America (1971).
Castillo, Susan, and Schweitzer, Ivy (eds.), A Companion to the Literatures of Early America
(2005).
Cheung, King-kok (ed.), An Interethnic Companion to Asian American Literature (1996).
Cheung, King-kok, and Yogi, Stan (eds.), Asian American Literature: An Annotated Bibliography
(1988).
Cheyfitz, Eric (ed.), The Columbia Guide to American Indian Literature of the United States
Since 1945 (2006).Further Reading
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