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A leader of the transcendentalist movement and one of the country’s first public intellectuals, Ralph Waldo Emerson has been a long-standing presence in American literature courses. Today he is remembered for his essays, but in the nineteenth century he was also known as a poet and orator who engaged with issues such as religion, nature, education, and abolition. This volume presents strategies
in the Survey (323) Edward Wesp Making Wit, Irony, and Satire the Foundations of American Literature (331) Darryl Dickson-Carr Part VII: Resources Resources (343) Evan R. Davis and Nicholas D. Nace Notes on Contributors (363) Index (368)
American Literature British Literature
“This title holds place in the undergraduate reference canon alongside the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers . It belongs in every undergraduate library and in the hands of students writing research papers on American or English literature.” Choice
American Literature
American Literature Poetry
British Literature American Literature Drama Poetry
Zora Neale Hurston emerged as a celebrated writer of the Harlem Renaissance, fell into obscurity toward the end of her life, yet is now recognized as a great American author. Her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God is popular among general readers and is widely taught in universities, colleges, and secondary schools. A key text of African American and women’s literature, it has also been studied
“No account of American literature, literary modernism, and women’s literature would be complete without attention to Gertrude Stein. . . . This collection of essays suggests contexts in which we can teach her work.” Jane Bowers, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
African American Studies American Literature
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