american literature

Presents a collection of essays, criticisms, and biographies on sixteen twentieth-century American authors such as T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, and John Steinbeck.

Examines the life and works of the author of such young adult fiction as "The Pigman" and "The Undertaker's Gone Bananas.".

A collection of interpretive essays by autobiographers, historians, psychologists, and literary and religious critics.

Ten critics describe and assess the work of American novelists, playwrights, and poets writing in the United States from the end of World War II to the end of the 1970's.

Collects various stories by English author Michael Morpurgo, including "The Giant's Necklace," "My One and Only Great Escape," and "Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew," with essays in which the author discusses his inspiration for each and details of his craft.

Ed Emberley and his children, Rebecca and Michael, present a collection of poems, folklore, recipes, and original illustrations, most of which use the number or concept of three.

Presents interviews with fifteen well-known children's writers, including Judy Blume, Karen Cushman, Russell Freedman, James Howe, Lois Lowry, Gary Paulsen, and Laurence Yep.