Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Companions to American Studies

This collection will appeal to teachers, students and readers of American history who want to understand Abraham Lincoln as a cultural figure. The essays examine the rhetorical power of Lincoln's prose - from the earliest legal decisions, stump speeches, anecdotes and letters, to the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address.

As the pre-eminent African American intellectual of the twentieth century and author of The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois remains a central figure in American history and culture today. This Companion is an important contribution to African American studies, American literature, and American studies.

As the pre-eminent African American intellectual of the twentieth century and author of The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois remains a central figure in American history and culture today. This Companion is an important contribution to African American studies, American literature, and American studies.

An accessible introduction to the life and work of Thomas Jefferson. Contributors include leading literary scholars and historians. This Companion will be essential reading for students and scholars of Jefferson, and is designed for use by students of American literature and American history.

A towering figure in American culture and a global twentieth-century icon, Bob Dylan has been at the centre of American life for over forty years. This book will be invaluable both as a guide for students of Dylan and twentieth-century culture, and for his fans, providing a set of new perspectives on a much-loved writer and composer.

A towering figure in American culture and a global twentieth-century icon, Bob Dylan has been at the centre of American life for over forty years. This book will be invaluable both as a guide for students of Dylan and twentieth-century culture, and for his fans, providing a set of new perspectives on a much-loved writer and composer.

This Companion offers an unusually rich analysis of this important African American leader, orator, and cultural icon. Intended both as a guide to existing scholarship and as a substantive scholarly contribution in its own right, it includes an introduction, a chronology, and a guide to further reading.

This Companion offers an unusually rich analysis of this important African American leader, orator, and cultural icon. Intended both as a guide to existing scholarship and as a substantive scholarly contribution in its own right, it includes an introduction, a chronology, and a guide to further reading.

An accessible introduction to the life and work of Thomas Jefferson. Contributors include leading literary scholars and historians. This Companion will be essential reading for students and scholars of Jefferson, and is designed for use by students of American literature and American history.

Featuring essays by leading literary critics, historians, and film scholars, The Cambridge Companion to John F. Kennedy addresses such topics as Kennedy's youth in Boston, his foreign policy and his role in reshaping the US welfare state, his relationship to the civil rights and conservative movements, and the ongoing reverberations in literature and film.

Featuring essays by leading literary critics, historians, and film scholars, The Cambridge Companion to John F. Kennedy addresses such topics as Kennedy's youth in Boston, his foreign policy and his role in reshaping the US welfare state, his relationship to the civil rights and conservative movements, and the ongoing reverberations in literature and film.

This collection will appeal to teachers, students and readers of American history who want to understand Abraham Lincoln as a cultural figure. The essays examine the rhetorical power of Lincoln's prose - from the earliest legal decisions, stump speeches, anecdotes and letters, to the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address.

In this Companion, leading film scholars and critics of American culture and imagination trace Hitchcock's interplay with the Hollywood studio system, the Cold War, and new forms of sexuality, gender and desire over his thirty-year American career.

In this Companion, leading film scholars and critics of American culture and imagination trace Hitchcock's interplay with the Hollywood studio system, the Cold War, and new forms of sexuality, gender and desire over his thirty-year American career.