Main currents in American thought an interpretation of American literature from the beginnings to 1920 - Parrington, Vernon Louis (Harcourt, Brace & World, 1958)
Enth.: Vol. 1: The colonial mind, 1620 - 1800. Vol. 2: The romantic revolution in America, 1800 - 1860. Vol. 3: The beginnings of critical realism in America, 1860 - 1920