american prose literature

Traces the evolution of African-American humor over the course of two centuries through a collection of jokes, anecdotes, satire, poems, snaps, tales, toasts, riffs, and stand-up sketches.

Twenty prose pieces, both fiction and nonfiction, exploring the bond of sisterhood and its influence on the development of women.

Presents a collection of essays, columns, reports, and criticisms written by the 2012 National Magazine Award winners and also includes reports about timely and controversial topics.

A collection of poetry and prose writings by American author Walt Whitman, including reprints of the 1855 and the 1891-92 editions of "Leaves of Grass," reminiscences of nineteenth-century New York City, notes on the Civil War, and other supplementary works.

An anthology of letters, stories, essays, and sketches written by the female employees of the mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, and printed in their own literary magazine.

Contains twenty critical essays in which the authors examine various aspects of the slave narrative, discussing its origins and development, form and content, and impact on American literature.

Explores the use of voice, form, and setting in the works of twelve women authors who used their writings to construct a testament of their own identity, including Maya Angelou, Zora Neale Hurston, and Lillian Hellman.

Provides detailed biographies, critical extracts, and bibliographies on thirteen African-American prose writers of the early twentieth century.

A collection of twenty-one essays provides illustrations of the different voices and themes in American literature.