American literature typically is written by American authors. Authors born in other countries might also spend extended periods of time in the U. S., and end up writing things more characteristic of...
The reason that American literature is unique is because America from it's beginning had a special philosophy of life and freedom and reflected it in it's writings. Americans had a simple faith that...
I don't think that it happened that way really. Americans didn't wake up one day and think... "hey, let's create a whole new division of literature for ourselves. Whoo-hoo!"
It was more like people...