Outline of American literature

American literature begins with the orally transmitted myths, legends, tales, and lyrics (always songs) of Indian cultures. There was no written literature among the more than 500 different Indian languages and tribal cultures that existed in North America before the first Europeans arrived. As a re...

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Glavni autor: Spanckeren, Kathryn Van
Daljnji autori: Kathryn VanSpanckeren
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Izdano: Washington, D.C. U.S. Information Agency 2001
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