american literature

Discusses the great public critics of the last hundred years and the literary and cultural criticism of today.

On cover: America's foremost writers celebrate our public libraries with stories, memoirs, essays, and poems.

An alphabetical guide with detailed biographical and critical entries on major poets, playwrights, novelists, critics, journalists, and essayists first published in English.

Over 750 alphabetical entries offer information on authors, major novels, plays, and volumes of poetry.

"Based on the original edition by William Flint Thrall and Addison Hibbard." Alphabetic entries define, explain, and illustrate terms associated with American and English literature.

A map of American literature that puts every writer in historical place from a contemporary perspective.