The first Americans: American literature during the colonial and revolutionary periods
Inventing Americas: the making of American literature 1800-1865
Reconstructing the past, reimagining the future: the development of American literature 1865-1900
Making it new: the emergence of modern American literature 1900-1945
Negotiating the American century: American literature since 1945.
A brief history of American literature by Richard Gray. ISBN 9781405192309. Published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.