american literature

An encyclopedia of American women writers, examining the lives and works of such authors as Maya Angelou, Kate Chopin, Adrienne Rich, and Eudora Welty.

Profiles approximately sixty American Beat Generation writers from the period following the Second World War, presenting primary and secondary bibliographies and illustrated biographical essays that chronicle each writer' career in detail; also includes a chronology and several essays on the period.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide career biographies of eighty American authors who either began writing novels after 1945 or have done their most important work since then; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography.

Features critical summaries and descriptions of the greatest works of literature by women authors.

Guide to 200 years of African-American literature featuring critical summaries and descriptions of major works, facts, and dates of authorship.