american literature

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Maxine Hong Kingston, a Chinese-American who has lived in California and Hawaii, published her first book in 1976, using her culture and family history as background. She has a daily habit of writing down her thoughts and ideas and does not depend on research to generate materials for her writing except for confirmation of details relating to the historical periods she uses. She is know for her representation of feelings, emotions and relations among her characters.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. J. D. Salinger, born in New York City, was a gifted actor in high school but was also a writer. Unsuccessful with a college curriculum, he focused on writing and after taking a creative writing course at Columbia University, he began to sell stories to magazines. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye (1951), first makes his appearance in a 1941 story, "Slight Rebellion Off Madison", in The New Yorker Magazine.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Thomas Wolfe was born and raised in North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He wanted to become a playwright but instead his writings became more autobiographical, with fictional characters, and he began to be known as someone who was defining the characteristics of the American writer. At the same time he also retained some ties to the "lost generation", that group of writers affected with disillusionment because of World War I and its aftermath.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Theodore Dreiser grew up in dysfunctional family with an overly strict, religious father and a mother who could always find "the silver lining". As a result, many of Dreiser's novels signal the diminished role of religious belief among most Americans at the time (1911-1940).

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. William Faulkner based his writing on what he knew--his memories of family, both the good and the bad, and the people and places he knew growing up in the South.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Toni Morrison, who is African American and Native American, was born in Ohio during the Great Depression into a close-knit family. Reading and story-telling was important to her parents and all four children were encouraged to participate at an early age. Drawing from her heritage and ethnic background, Morrison's novels often share these common traits: the use of settings in small African American communities and a focus on women.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Dashiell Hammett popularized the hard-boiled detective in American crime fiction to an art form and drew on his experiences as a private eye to create believable characters in realistic situations.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Ernest Hemingway is linked with the expatriate movement and his novels and short stories deal with the mindset that came with being part of the "lost generation", that group of American writers who had been affected by World War I and its aftermath. He also traveled widely, identifying especially with Spain and Cuba and using these and other countries and cultures for inspiration.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. F. Scott Fitzgerald is linked with the 1920's and many of his novels and short stories deal with the mood and the events of that era. He was also a part of the "lost generation", a group of writers affected with disillusionment because of World War I and its aftermath.

The author uses portions of the "Iliad" to reveal how the forms and processes of art memorialize the grief and loss of war, and uses the Vietnam Memorial and writings of Stephen Crane and other authors to illustrate his views.