american literature

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

Provides classics of American literature. Covers numerous works, including novels, short story and poem series, plays, long poems, autobiographies, and nonfiction pieces.

Provide a historical overview of numerous widely studied works as well as a close reading of each and a consideration of its critical reception. This volume spans the century from 1896 to 1985.

Presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history.

Presents literature not as a simple inventory of authors or titles but rather as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives. The set, which is "new historicist" in its approach to literary criticism, endorses the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history.

Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important African American writers.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of H. L. Mencken.