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Presents Literature Not As A Simple Inventory Of Authors Or Titles But Rather As A Historical And Cultural Field Viewed From A Wide Array Of Contemporary Perspectives. The Set, Which Is New Historicist In Its Approach To Literary Criticism, Endorses The Notion That Not Only Does History Affect Literature, But Literature Itself Informs History. Vol. 1. Addiction / Roger Forseth -- Adolescence / Caren J. Town -- Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn / Louis J. Budd -- Aestheticism / Christian Berkemeier -- Aging And Death / Virgil Mathes -- Agnosticism And Atheism / S.t. Joshi -- The Ambassadors / Richard A. Hocks -- American Indian Stories / Rick Waters -- The American Language / Connie Eble -- American Literature / Joseph Csicsila -- Americans Abroad / Horst Kruse -- The American Scene / Mary Esteve -- Anarchism / Suzanne Clark -- Anglo-saxonism / John N. Swift -- Annexation And Expansion / Joseph L. Coulombe -- Anti-intellectualism / Tim Sougstad -- Appeal To Reason / Nancy Morrow -- Art And Architecture / Joseph J. Wydeven -- Arts And Crafts / Nancy Morrow -- Assimilation / Lori Jirousek -- The Atlantic Monthly / Ellery Sedgwick -- Autobiography / William Pannapacker -- The Autobiography Of An Ex-colored Man / Cristina L. Ruotolo -- The Awakening / William Nelles -- Banking And Finance / Roark Mulligan -- Battle Of The Little Bighorn / Caren J. Town -- Best-sellers / John J. Han -- The Bible / John J. Murphy -- Billy Budd / Richard A. Hocks -- Biography / William Pannapacker -- The Birth Of A Nation / Paul Young -- Blacks / Licia Morrow Calloway -- Bohemians And Vagabondia / Kevin J. Hayes -- Book Publishing / Megan Benton -- Boston And Concord / Len Gougeon -- Boxing / John Dudley -- Business And Industry Novels / Richard Adams -- Capital Punishment / Nancy Morrow -- Catholics / John J. Han -- Centennial / Robert W. Rydell -- Century Magazine / James Arthur Bond -- Chicago / Keith Gumery -- Children's Literature / J.d. Stahl -- Chinese / Elizabeth Archuleta -- Christian