american literature

Presents all of twentieth-century American poet Elizabeth Bishop's previously collected poems and many previously uncollected; all of her poetic translations; several prose works, including stories, travel writings, essays, and discussions of literature and art; and fifty-three of her letters.

Presents biographies and primary and secondary bibliographies for one hundred popular African-American authors, focusing on writers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

A collection of the most notable writings of Henry David Thoreau. Includes a biography and a chronology.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that introduce the major writers and great works of Beat literature, a movement characterized by experimental techniques, bohemian lifestyles, and rebellious attitudes.

Contains over two hundred fifty A to Z entries depicting the writers, poets, musicians, and artists classified as the "Beat Generation," during the second half of the twentieth century.

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.