American writers / Parini, Jay

Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field.

Essays describe the lives and examine the principal works of significant American authors, also providing selected primary and secondary bibliographies.

Contains essays that provide information about the lives and works of eighteen authors who have made significant contributions to American literature, each with a brief biography, a critical analysis of the writer's work, and a selected bibliography, arranged alphabetically from Abbey to Smith.

Contains essays that provide information about the lives and works of eighteen authors who have made significant contributions to American literature, each with a brief biography, a critical analysis of the writer's work, and a selected bibliography, arranged alphabetically from Bambara to Yates.