american literature

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american literature

Contemporary popular writers

1997
Provides information on nearly 300 authors and their works representing the most popular writers in both fiction and non-fiction categories from around the world, each entry contains some biographical information, a bibliography of publications, and a critical essay.

Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five

Bloom's modern critical interpretations
2009

Ralph Ellison's Invisible man

Bloom's modern critical interpretations
2009

Richard Wright's Native son

2009
Presents twentieth and early twenty-first-century critical essays on Richard Wright's "Native Son" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

Critical companion to Jack London

a literary reference to his life and work
2011

Reading Lolita in Tehran

a memoir in books
2004
Azar Nafisi chronicles her life in post-revolutionary Iran, focusing on her organization of a group of young women in 1997 who met secretly once a week to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. Includes discussion questions and a reading list.

Joy to the world

Christmas stories and songs
2010
A collection of three Christmas stories by Tomie DePaola, accompanied by illustrated Christmas carols, that celebrate the wonder of the season.

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