history and criticism

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Margaret Mitchell.

Provides an analysis of Wilder's ninevolume chronicle of her pioneer childhood.

Provides a critical introduction to the American diary literature of late nineteenth-century.

Contains criticism and interpretations of Wilson's plays.

Provides a critical introduction to the life of Joyce Carol Oates and the novels she produced in her middle years.

Examines significant theological, philosophical, and other major works of the 17th-century American writer and their critical reception.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of James Fenimore Cooper.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Garrison Keillor.

Many of the books about failings, but more often to justify his character and his vision in the face of charges that he had betrayed his country.