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Selected Readings in American Literature Lecture 1 Course book Selected Readings in American Literature by Tao Jie Supposed to be a good and authoritative one; but lack in systematic literary history Suggestions: A Survey of American Literature by Chang Yaoxin； History and Anthology of American Literature by Wu Weiren. What is American Literature: written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. – problematic Traditionally, literature written by writers of European origin African American Literature, Native American literature, Jewish Ameri