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2) Walt Whitman
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 20
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English
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A critical introduction to Whitman's life and work.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 36
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English
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An examination of the novelist's life and literary works draws attention to the autobiographical aspects of his fiction.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 2
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English
Description
Steinbeck's progression from naturalism to drama of consciousness is traced in a study bringing to light concepts of human destiny accounting for differences between novels and stories written prior to and after 1945.
7) Robert Frost
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English
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Presents the life and works of American poet Robert Frost. Includes a chronology.
8) Ray Bradbury
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 504
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English
Description
Bradbury's name has become synonymous with superb science fiction. Mogen examines the whole of his career and his large, varied body of work up to this time.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 414
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English
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Surveys Emerson's life and literary significance within the context of nineteenth-century American culture, discusses the Transcendental movement, and critically examines Emerson's poems and essays.
11) John Updike
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English
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Examines the texture and structure of Updike's writing, with special attention to the metaphoric language, above all the image patterns, that mark his style.
12) Nikki Giovanni
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 613
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English
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Nikki Giovanni began to write poetry in the 1960s when she was associated with the radical Black Arts Movement. She has since won a large popular following of a kind rarely achieved by poets in American society. Many ordinary people read, memorize, and recite her work, and her public readings are invariably well attended. Indeed, Giovanni's popular success has perhaps caused academic critics to underestimate the depth and breadth of her work. A strong-minded...
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Twayne's United States authors volume 276
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English
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Traces the development of Vonnegut's style and philosophy, considering his novels, short stories, and plays, and looks at the American writer as a public man who speaks out on contemporary issues.
14) Upton Sinclair
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 294
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English
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A critical and appreciative study of the controversial author examines his literary significance as well as his impact on American social history.
15) William Faulkner
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 1
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English
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A study of Faulkner's fiction, his approach to his characters, his uses of them, and their role in the general strategy of his fiction.
17) Jack London
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 230
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English
Description
Bibliography: p. 165-171. A critical study of selected works that represent London's thematic concerns, styles, and temperament.
18) Mark Twain
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 535
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English
Description
Profiles the life and career of Samuel Clemens and analyzes his writings.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 42
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English
Description
A critical and sympathetic examination of the total literary and cultural significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a legend in her own time, who not only championed the abolition of slavery but also women's rights, the protection of children against exploitation, and the temperance movement.
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