List of the most popular authors from United States, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries authors have been among the world's most ...
American literature - Poetry, Verse, Rhyme: The post-World War II years produced an abundance of strong poetry but no individual poet as dominant and accomplished as T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, or William Carlos Williams, whose
African American literature is the body of literature written by Americans of African descent. Beginning in the pre-Revolutionary War period, African American writers have engaged in a creative, if often contentious, dialogue with American letters. The r
(3)emphasis on individualism – personal freedom, no hero worship, natural goodness of human beings 2. Back to medieval, esp medieval folk literature (1)unrestrained by classical rules (2)full of imagination (3)colloquial language (4)freedom of imagination (5)genuine in feelings: answer their ...
American Literature, Culture, and Ideology: Essays in Memory of Henry Nash Smith edited by Beverly Voloshin 来自 ResearchGate 喜欢 0 阅读量: 40 作者: B Bennett 摘要: 246Reviews Seeking literary themes in their own surroundings, these antebellum authors prefigure the ethos in I'll Take My ...
3. POLITE LITERATURE, of any excellence, in the lighter branches is, in the West, almost wholly a growth of the present century. The most widely and justly celebrated of transatlantic authors in this field, during its earlier half, was the amiable and versatile Washington Irving. Of his nume...
This set treats the whole of American literature, from the European discovery of America to the present, with entries in alphabetical order. Each of the 350 substantive essays is a major interpretive contribution. Well-known critics and scholars provide clear and vividly written essays that reflect...
However, we had really no use for an American literary centre before the Civil War, for it was only after the Civil War that we really began to have an American literature. Up to that time we had a Colonial literature, a Knickerbocker literature, and a New England literature. But as soo...
Combined with her love of literature and the creative arts, she has used this eye-opening journey to produce lyrical nonfiction books that reflect on the development of contemporary identities. Start with: Whip Smart Febos’s first memoir, which brings to life her time as a student and a ...
Read the biographies, discover the published books, and watch videos for more than 7,000 Black, Afro-American, African and authors of African descent from the Caribbean, Europe, the Americas, and the Entire African Diaspora.