american literature

Contains ten biographies of influential contemporary Native American writers, including Sherman Alexie, Marilyn Dumont, and Tim Tingle.

An examination of place and landscape in literature of the American Midwest, relating Midwestern pastoral writers to their local geographies and explaining their approaches.

A history of American women writers from 1650 to 2000, introducing over 250 female authors, both famous and lesser-known, discussing their connections to each other and their times, and arguing for their inclusion in American literary heritage.

Presents twenty-one short stories and thirty-four narrative and lyric poems by nineteenth-century American author Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Raven," and "Lenore.".

A collection of over 200 chronologically-arranged essays tracing over 500 years of American literature and culture through notable speeches, letters, poetry, and commentaries.

Discusses the work by Shakespeare in great detail to provide the reader with a greater understanding of the characters in Hamlet.

Profiles important American ethnic writers from Gordon Parks, Sr. through Al Young, and discusses the author's major works, and describes how they express their sense of identity through both fiction and nonfiction writings; and includes appendixes and indexes.

Profiles important American ethnic writers from Henry Louis Gates, Jr. through Grace Paley, and discusses the author's major works, and describes how they express their sense of identity through both fiction and nonfiction writings.

Profiles important American ethnic writers from Ai through Lionel G. Garc?a, and discusses the author's major works, and describes how they express their sense of identity through both fiction and nonfiction writings.

A collection of articles, essays, interviews, and reviews that examine the impact that Latina writers have had on literature.