american literature

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american literature

Christmas gif'

an anthology of Christmas poems, songs, and stories, written by and about African-Americans
1993
A collection of Christmas poems, songs, and stories relating to African Americans. Includes holiday recipes.

American literature from the 1850s to 1945

2011
Explores the works, writers, and movements that shaped the American literary canon from the end of the nineteenth century through the first half of the twentith.

American literature from 1945 through today

2011
This book describes the development of American literature from impressive new novelists, poets, and playwrights emerging after World War II to the postwar drama, literary criticism, and literary biography of the end of the twentieth century.

American literature from 1600 through the 1850s

2011
This book describes literary development in American literature from religious and political writings of the seventeenth century to a burst of creativity known as the American Renaissance from the 1830s to the 1860s.

The portable Hawthorne

2005
Presents a collection of prose by Nathaniel Hawthorne, including The Scarlet Letter, excerpts from the other romance thirteen tales, and selections from his journals an letters. Includes a chronology.

Out of the Valley

a Mestizo of genres
2006
A collection of stories, anecdotes, memoirs, poems, tributes, and essays that explore the oppositional forces that define everyday life.

Hip deep

opinion, essays, and vision from American teenagers
2006
A collection of essays in which American teens share their opinions, fears, and beliefs and reflect on the ups and downs of growing up in the twenty-first century.

Jay Gatsby

2004
Analyzes the character of Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", discussing his flaws, motivations, impulses, and symbolism.

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