intellectual life

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide a selection of criticism on the works of 125 major Black writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, each including a biographical and critical introduction, a list of principal works, and bibliographic citations.

Discusses the lives of some Asian-Americans primarily known for their writing, including Amy Tan, David Henry Hwang, Bharati Mukherjee, Jessica Hagedorn, and Laurence Yep.

Provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on the thirteen most significant African-American prose writers up to the early twentieth century.

Explores slavery in Toni Morrison's, Beloved, 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.

Contains fifteen essays in which the authors provide critical perspectives on the works of Asian American writers, and includes a chronology, notes on the contributors, and a bibliography.

Offers a comprehensive guide to daily life in the ancient Inca Empire. Details these peoples' society, government, culture, and architecture and outlines the factors that led to their destruction.

Provides a history of American women writers from 1650 to 2000 such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Willa Cather, Susan Glaspell, and Catherine Sedgwick. Offering her opinions on each writer, Elaine Showalter integrates the contributions of women into the American literary heritage.