WebMay , Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, p . The American Publishing Company, . The history of American literature reaches from the oral traditions of Native peoples to the novels, poetry, . Web Min Read. The United States may be a relatively young country by global standards, but American literary history stretches back centuries. Lets . WebAmerican literature is literature written or produced in the United States of America and in the colonies that preceded it. The American literary tradition thus is part of the broader tradition of English-language . WebApr , As a specific discipline viewed through the lens of European literature, American literature began in the early th century with the arrival of English-speaking Europeans in what would become the United