american literature

Provides a biographical profile of author Alice Walker, looks at her work within a larger literary context, and features critical analyses of eight novels published by Walker between 1970 and 2004.

Contains the first three novels by American author Saul Bellow: "Dangling Man," "The Victim," and "The Adventures of Augie March".

Contains three novels by John Dos Passos: "One Man's Initiation: 1917", "Three Soldiers", and "Manhattan Transfer".

Presents more than three hundred alphabetized entries on figures, places, and topics related to the Harlem Renaissance, each with further reading suggestions; and includes a chronology, a slang glossary, and over one hundred black-and-white photos and maps.

A collection of four short novels by American writer John Steinbeck.

Contains the full text to three novels by satirist Sinclair Lewis.

A collection of five stories by Dashiell Hammett.

Lily Bart, an orphaned child of a New York merchant, calmly prepares a campaign to marry for the power and luxury that money brings.

Contains articles that examines the lives and works of fifty-seven Chicano and Chicana, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican authors, and includes five essays that explore themes in Latino and Latina literature, such as feminism, and history.

Examines the history and relevance of Chinese American literature, looking at representative writers and hallmark works, and includes a selection of critical and cultural responses, discussion of the elements of Chinese American literature and other types of media, and resources for further study.