American literature typically is written by American authors. Authors born in other countries might also spend extended periods of time in the U. S., and end up writing things more characteristic of their adopted land than their native land.
Miguel A. Cabanas has written: 'The cultural \\' -- subject(s): American and Latin American, American literature, Comparative Literature, History and criticism, Latin American and American, Literature, Comparative, National characteristics, American, in literature, National characteristics, Latin American, in literature, Other (Philosophy) in literature, Spanish American literature, Travelers' writings, American, Travelers' writings, Spanish American
Robert Henry Moser has written: 'Luso-American literature' -- subject(s): Emigration and immigration in literature, Immigrants' writings, Portuguese American, Brazilian American literature, Luso American authors, Cape Verdean Americans, American literature, Portuguese American literature
Native American literature, also called Indian literature or American Indian literature, the traditional oral and written literatures of the indigenous peoples.
American literature generally studies books and literature written by Americans.
American Literature - journal - was created in 1929.
Addison Hibbard has written: 'Studies in American literature' -- subject(s): American literature, Outlines, syllabi 'The South in contemporary literature' -- subject(s): American literature, In literature, Intellectual life, Outlines, syllabi 'Studies in southern literature' -- subject(s): American literature, Study and teaching
Cindy Weinstein has written: 'Family, kinship, and sympathy in nineteenth-century American literature' -- subject(s): American Domestic fiction, American fiction, Domestic fiction, American, Family in literature, History, History and criticism, Kinship in literature, Literature and society, Sympathy in literature 'The literature of labor and the labors of literature' -- subject(s): Aesthetics, American, Allegory, American Aesthetics, American fiction, History, History and criticism, Labor, Social aspects, Social aspects of Labor, Work in literature, Working class in literature
it focuses on the individual
Patti Duncan has written: 'Tell this silence' -- subject(s): American literature, Asian American authors, Asian American women, Asian American women in literature, Asian Americans in literature, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Politics and literature, Sex role in literature, Silence in literature, Women and literature, Women authors
Dietrich Theissen has written: 'The ethnic dilemma' -- subject(s): Adolescence in literature, African-American authors, American Short stories, American Young adult literature, Ethnicity in literature, History and criticism, Indian authors, Mexican American authors, Minorities in literature, Short stories, American, Young adult literature, American
Jeannette Batz Cooperman has written: 'The broom closet' -- subject(s): American Domestic fiction, American Feminist fiction, American fiction, Domestic fiction, American, Family in literature, Feminism and literature, Feminist fiction, American, History, History and criticism, Housekeeping in literature, Housewives in literature, Marriage in literature, Married women in literature, Women and literature, Women authors
Beatriz Rivera-Barnes has written: 'Reading and writing the Latin American landscape' 'Reading and writing the Latin American landscape' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Literature and society, Latin American literature, Conservation of natural resources in literature, Philosophy of nature in literature, Nature in literature, Ecocriticism, Ecology in literature 'Reading and writing the Latin American landscape' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Literature and society, Latin American literature, Conservation of natural resources in literature, Philosophy of nature in literature, Nature in literature, Ecocriticism, Ecology in literature