The Cambridge History of American Literature

Cambridge History of American Literature, The,
published in four volumes (1917–21), is a survey “of the life of the American people as expressed in their writings rather than a history of belles lettres alone,” from colonial times to the end of the 19th century. It provided for the first time an extensive bibliography for all periods and subjects. The editors were W.P. Trent, John Erskine, Stuart P. Sherman, and Carl Van Doren, and among the 64 contributors were J.S. Bassett, V.L. Parrington, P.E. More, Woodbridge Riley, A.H. Quinn, W.E. Leonard, H.C. Lodge, Brander Matthews, F.L. Pattee, Norman Foerster, M.J. Moses, and Mary Austin.