criticism and interpretation

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of H. L. Mencken.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Gwendolyn Brooks.

Provides a general examination of the life of African American author Gloria Naylor and an analysis of her four novels, looking at how Naylor's work has been influenced by her involvement in the Jehovah's Witness religion and the emergence of a new generation of African-American women writers and scholars.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of George Washington Cable.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of George Santayana.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of George S. Kaufman.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Garrison Keillor.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Frank Norris.

Bibliography: p. 169-182. A critical survey of Fitzgerald's short stories and novels.