american literature

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american literature

Writers

1998
Chronicles the lives and achievements of six talented women writers, including Maya Angelou, Judy Blume, Astrid Lindgren, Jean Little, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Beatrix Potter.

The Raven and other writings

2003
Presents a collection of classic short stories and poems by nineteenth-century American author and poet, Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Raven," "Lenore," and "The Tell-Tale Heart.".

African American women writers

2000
Discusses the lives and work of such notable African American women authors as: Phillis Wheatley, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and Terry McMillan.

110 stories

New York writes after September 11
2002
Presents personal reflections, short stories, and poems on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by 110 New York authors.

Stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe

2001
Presents adaptations of seven short horror stories, and three long poems by American gothic author Edgar Allen Poe, and includes a brief critical introduction.

Children of promise

African-American literature and art for young people
2001
Poems, prose, photographs, and paintings explore the African-American experience as seen through art and literature by blacks or about black subjects.

Guys write for guys read

2008
Contains a collection of short stories, drawings, poems, and memoirs from well-known writers of "guy" fiction, written by boys, for boys. Includes pieces by Daniel Pinkwater, Neil Gaiman, Will Hobbs, Stephen King, Gary Paulsen, among other.

Teen issues in S.E. Hinton's The outsiders

2012
Explores teen issues in S.E. Hinton's, The outsiders, as a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

Women's issues in Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God

2012
Explores Zora Neale Hurston's, Their eyes were watching God, as a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

Steampunk Poe

2011
A collection of some of the most popular works written by Edgar Allan Poe, combined with illustrations of steampunk-inspired art.

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