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Native American Writers (New Edition) (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)
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Native American Writers (New Edition) (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

Native Americans have produced some of the most powerful and lyrical literature ever written in North America. This volume examines some of the finest Native American writers, including Joy Harjo, Louise Erdrich, James Welch, Sherman Alexie, N. Scott Momaday, Samsom Occom, Zitkala-Sa, and Leslie Marmon Silko. Yale literature professor Harold Bloom introduces this new edition, which also features a bibliography, a chronology, and an index for easy reference. This title presents a well-rounded critical portrait of an influential group of writers by examining their body of work through full-length essays.
 
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Post-war Literature, 1945-1970 (Research Guide to American Literature)
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Post-war Literature, 1945-1970 (Research Guide to American Literature)Post-war Literature, 1945-1970 (Research Guide to American Literature)

Postwar Literature: 1945–1970 covers American literature during the postwar period. Containing approximately 40 study guides, this new resource provides the necessary background information, suggests helpful areas of research, and lists the best secondary sources for students writing about this era of American literature.
 
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American Modernism, 1914-1945 (Research Guide to American Literature)
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American Modernism, 1914-1945 (Research Guide to American Literature)American Modernism, 1914-1945 (Research Guide to American Literature)

American Modernism: 1914–1945 covers American literature during the time of war and Depression in the first half of the 20th century. This new research guide brings this important literary period to life, providing students with strategies for studying and writing.
 
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The Facts on File Companion to American Drama (Companion to Literature Series)
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The Facts on File Companion to American Drama (Companion to Literature Series)The Facts on File Companion to American Drama (Companion to Literature Series)

The Facts On File Companion to American Drama is an encyclopedic guide to American dramatic literature. It contains approximately 650 entries, ranging in length from 500 to 1,500 words, that cover playwrights of the pre-20th century up through contemporary ones, major plays, important theater companies and movements, and influential directors and critics. With contributions from a collection of scholars, this volume presents the full history of the genre, with emphasis on 20th-century dramatic literature.
 
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World Literature and Its Times, Volume 4: British and Irish Literature and Its Times: The Victorian Era to the Present (1837- )
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World Literature and Its Times, Volume 4: British and Irish Literature and Its Times: The Victorian Era to the Present (1837- ) The works chosen for World Literature and Its Times 4: British and Irish Literature and Its Times have been carefully selected by professors in the field at the universities detailed in the Acknowledgements.
Keeping the literature-history connection in mind, the team made its selections based on a combination of factors: how frequently a literary work is studied, how closely it is tied to pivotal events in the past or present, how strong and enduring its appeal has been to readers in and out of the society that produced it....  
 
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