AMERICAN WRITERS: Supplement II

AMERICAN WRITERS: Supplement II
By Walton Litz
Number Of Pages: 830
Publication Date: 1999-12-17
ISBN-10: 0684164825
ISBN-13: 9780684164823

The American Writers book series, a collection of critical and biographical articles, now covers 219 notable authors from the 17th century to the present day. Signed essays of 12-15 pages in length, by noted scholars, provide thought-provoking insights into the lives, careers, and works. The essays are written in an appealing style, include numerous quotations, and conclude with bibliographies for further study.

Supplement II, Part 1: W. H. Auden to O. Henry
Supplement II, Part 2: Robinson Jeffers to Yvor Winters

The essays in Supplement II, all written by recognized experts and published here for the first time, carry on the tradition of writing for the general reader in a way that the specialist will also find interesting and informative. In several instances—most notably the essays on R. P. Blackmur, Malcolm Cowley, and W. E. B. Du Bois—the authors have produced the fullest account to date of the writer's life and work.

The essays, many written by young scholars, reflect a renewed interest in literary biography and cultural history, although they still provide detailed examinations of major works.

Subjects of Supplement II:

W. H. AUDEN
AMIRI BARAKA (LEROI JONES)
JOEL BARLOW
R. P. BLACKMUR
PEARL S. BUCK
MALCOLM COWLEY
W. E. B. DU BOIS
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
RALPH ELLISON
PHILIP FRENEAU
MARGARET FULLER
ALLEN GINSBERG
BRET HARTE
ROBERT HAYDEN
O. HENRY
ROBINSON JEFFERS
COTTON MATHER
LEWIS MUMFORD
JOYCE CAROL GATES
CLIFFORD ODETS
CHARLES OLSON
FRANCIS PARKMAN
THOMAS PYNCHON
DELMORE SCHWARTZ
ANNE SEXTON
KARL SHAPIRO
CARL VAN VECHTEN
KURT VONNEGUT
YVOR WINTERS