american literature

Reference guide to American women writers with an assessment of each authors work and complete bibliographies.

Contains biographical information about American authors between 1640-1988, with bibliographies of primary and secondary materials relating to each author and critical remarks about the works of each writer.

Presents a comprehensive teacher's manual to use with the ten novels in the Bluford Series and includes reading, writing, and thinking activities, summaries of each novel, character analysis, discussion questions and vocabulary exercises, and short writing assignments.

Provides several approaches for lesson plans, application or writing assignments, and a bibliography of suitable titles.