american prose literature

Provides detailed biographies, critical extracts, and bibliographies on thirteen African-American prose writers of the early twentieth century.

A collection of twenty-one essays provides illustrations of the different voices and themes in American literature.

Presents an anthology of twenty-five essays covering creative nonfiction of both the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Showcases articles written by a variety of journalists judged as finalists or winners in a contest sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, and addresses topics ranging from reporting to feature writing.

A collection of narratives written by African-American women before 1865 who relate their personal stories of captivity, freedom, and the horrors of slavery.

A collection of prose meditations and vignettes on a wide variety of topics such as eating cereal with bananas, high-school shyness, fake diamonds, and chance meetings.

Presents the autobiographies of twenty-five American women authors, from Harriet Jacobs and Jane Addams to Gloria Steinem and Maxine Hong Kingston.

Uses memoirs and essays from the twentieth century to demonstrate how the idea of self has changed over the last one hundred years.

"Collected essays on the nexus of fate, community, and nature by a group of writers and scholars that has collaborated on several initiatives and projects tied to the same. By looking at external landscape and the human heart, the writings explore how to best make a home on earth"--Provided by publisher.

An anthology of writings by American transcendental writers, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and others.