American Literature: Prose, fiction and nonfiction of the American colonies and the United States, written in the English language from about 1600 to the present. This literature captures America’s quest to understand and define itself. Part 1 of ebook "American Literature: Prose, Drama, Poetry" presents content related to "American Literature: Prose" as: Beginnings (the 1500s and 1600s), toward independence (the 1700s), nationhood (the 1800s), modernism (the 1900s), current trends. Inviting you to refer.