american literature

"This series brings together the disciplines of sociology and literature. It looks at a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue that is reflected in it"--.

"Harold Bloom, named "The indispensible critic" by the New York Review of Books, returns with a definitive yet personal book on twelve American writers upon whose work he believes the American canon is built. While his references to American writers are wide-ranging, he focuses on twelve: Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Mark Twain, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, T. S. Eliot, William Faulkner, and Hart Crane, those writers whose works make up what he calls the American sublime. A book by our greatest literary critic writing on these great American writers will be a must-read for anyone interested in American literature"--.

Presents hundreds of stories, novels, poems, memoirs, and other writings by important authors throughout American history. This volume covers from 1865 to the present.

Contains over five hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on African-American literature, covering major and minor authors, notable writings in all genres, terms, themes, historical events, movements, and other topics. Includes cross-references, a bibliography of secondary sources, and a list of major works.

Presents short stories and poems featuring animals in a religious setting.

The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame in New York City. Meanwhile, a brutal double murder commanded the nation's attention. An unusual mix of criticism, biography, and true crime and a journey into the dark heart of Jazz Age America.