american literature

Discusses the novel, "The Yearling, " including the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Baskin, the book's history and impact, its plot, characters, and literary criticism.

Covers the biography of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, historical background, the plot and characters of Huckleberry Finn, and includes a literary analysis of the book.

Discusses the young adult book "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, including the author's life, the science fiction genre, and the book's plot, characters, and themes.

Contains 22 pieces of literature by gifted African-American writers.

Surveys the life and works of the popular novelist.

Provides strategies and lesson plans for using multicultural literature in middle and secondary classrooms; discussing the cultivation of readers, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, religion, socioeconomics, geographic orientation, language and country of origin, popular culture, and advocacy. Includes book list and suggestions for classroom use.

Profiles over three hundred U.S. and Canadian writers of fiction, drama, poetry, and nonfiction, each with a biographical profile, an analysis of style, themes, and literary characteristics, assessment of one of more works, consideration of the author's legacy, a bibliography, and discussion questions. Includes a glossary, category list, and author and title indexes.

Contains profiles of fourteen novels commonly read by students, including "Anna Karenina, " "Cat's Cradle, " and "Sweetgrass, " each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of characters, analysis of themes and style, discussion of historical context, a critical overview, and related information.

Presents short stories, novel excerpts, poems, and essays by such early-twentieth-century African-American writers as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and W. E. B. DuBois, as well as interviews with jazz pianist James P. Johnson and painter Aaron Douglas.

Presents alphabetized, illustrated profiles of nine contemporary writers such as Richard Adams and Dorothy Allison, describing their lives, styles, themes, and selected major and minor works and listing further resources. This volume spans Ada-Ban.