History and criticism 76 American literature 39 History 39 Criticism and interpretation 20 American poetry 14 American fiction 12 Intellectual life 10 Modernism (Literature) 10 Women and literature 10 Literature and society 9 Political and social views 9 Knowledge and learning 8 Learning and scholarship 8 Literature 8 Civilization 7 In literature 7 Historiography 6 National characteristics, American, in literature 6 Knowledge 5 Politics and literature 5 Puritans 5 Colonial period 4 Indians in literature 4 Indigenous peoples in literature 4 Influence 4 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 4 Romanticism 4 Theory, etc 4 Women authors 4 Women in literature 4