American Writers, Supplement XII

American Writers, Supplement XII
By Leonard Unger, Jay Parini
Number Of Pages: 624
Publication Date: 2002-11-18
ISBN-10 : 0684312328
ISBN-13: 9780684312323

This supplement of American Writers, the twelfth, is largely concerned with a range of contemporary writers, poets, and novelists, many of whom have won large and enthusiastic audiences for their work, although criticism has yet to catch up with them. The function of these essays is quite simple: to provide introductory criticism that treats the developing career of each writer in the context of his or her life circumstances. While the essays are not necessarily mini-biographies, they all provide key markers in each life, and they suggest ways in which the books produced by each writer might be read in the context of those biographical markers.

Subjects of Supplement XII:

KATHY ACKER
PAUL AUSTER
FREDERICK BUECHNER
ROBERT OLEN BUTLER
PETER CAMERON
ANNE CARSON
GREGORY CORSO
STEPHEN DIXON
LESLIE EPSTEIN
ALBERT GOLDBARTH
JOHN HAINES
JOY HARJO
JOHN KNOWLES
J. D. McCLATCHY
FRANK McCOURT
SUE MILLER
ANN PATCHETT
RICHARD RUSSO