american literature

Poems, prose, photographs, and paintings explore the African-American experience as seen through art and literature by blacks or about black subjects.

Contains a collection of short stories, drawings, poems, and memoirs from well-known writers of "guy" fiction, written by boys, for boys. Includes pieces by Daniel Pinkwater, Neil Gaiman, Will Hobbs, Stephen King, Gary Paulsen, among other.

Explores teen issues in S.E. Hinton's, The outsiders, as a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

Explores Zora Neale Hurston's, Their eyes were watching God, as a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

A collection of some of the most popular works written by Edgar Allan Poe, combined with illustrations of steampunk-inspired art.

Presents guides for teaching thirty novels to students in grades six through twelve, each including a summary, appraisal, themes, literary concepts, related reading, reading problems and opportunities, initiating activities, discussion questions, writing activities, other activities, and selected teaching resources.

Presents Stephen Crane's 1893 novel about Maggie, a beautiful young tenement girl whose life takes a downward spin when she becomes involved with Pete; and features additional writings by Crane, including "George's Mother" and other Bowery tales, and a selection of New York journalism.

Includes works of forty-five Renaissance writers including Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Marcus Garvey, Gwendolyn Bennett and Nella Larson.

Chronicles the lives and works of 10 prominent writers of African descent.