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Category : American literature
Languages : en
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Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography: Broadening views, 1968-1988
Author: Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography
Author: Mary BruccoliPublisher: Gale
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography covers only the American authors most frequently studied in high school and college literature courses. It extracts and fully updates essays in their entirety from the much larger Dictionary of Literary Biography series.The 6-vol. set begins each entry with a helpful chart that instantly shows the important places, influences and relationships; literary movements; major themes; cultural and artistic influences; and social and economic influences that most affected the featured author's work. The set is organized chronologically.Each volume is devoted to a single historical period, covering 30-40 representative writers from all genres. They include:Colonization to the American Renaissance, 1640-1865Realism, Naturalism, and Local Color, 1865-1917The Twenties, 1917-1929The Age of Maturity, 1929-1941The New Consciousness, 1941-1968Broadening Views, 1968-1988The Supplement to the 6-vol. set, Modern American Writers, provides additional information on 20th-century authors featured in the original volumes.
Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography
Author: Matthew Joseph BruccoliPublisher: Gale
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Contains biographical information about American authors between 1640 and 1988, with bibliographies of primary and secondary materials relating to each entry and critical remarks about the works of each writer.
Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography: Colonization to the American Renaissance, 1640-1865
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Contains biographical information about American authors between 1640-1988, with bibliographies of primary and secondary materials relating to each author and critical remarks about the works of each writer.
Concise dictionary of American literary biography. 2 (1988). Realism, naturalism, and local color, 1865 - 1917
Author: Matthew Joseph BruccoliPublisher:
ISBN: 9780810318212
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Languages : en
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Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography
Author: Matthew J. BruccoliPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Contains biographical information about American authors between 1640-1988, with bibliographies of primary and secondary materials relating to each author and critical remarks about the works of each writer.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Author: Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography
Author: Matthew Joseph BruccoliPublisher: Gale / Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9780810318182
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 2506
Book Description
Annotation Covers only the American authors most frequently studied in high school and college literature courses. Each volume is devoted to a single historical period, covering 30-40 representative writers from all genres. The supplement to the 6-vol. Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, Modern American Writers, provides additional information on 20th-century authors featured in the original volumes.
Tar Baby (MAXNotes Literature Guides)
Author: Ann WilsonPublisher: Research & Education Assoc.
ISBN: 0738672394
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
REA's MAXnotes for Toni Morrison's Tar Baby MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed to stimulate independent thought about the literary work by raising various issues and thought-provoking ideas and questions. MAXnotes cover the essentials of what one should know about each work, including an overall summary, character lists, an explanation and discussion of the plot, the work's historical context, illustrations to convey the mood of the work, and a biography of the author. Each section of the work is individually summarized and analyzed, and has study questions and answers.
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