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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 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.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 2
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English
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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
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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 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.
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.
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.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 430
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English
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Examines the life and works of twentieth-century African-American playwright Lorraine Hansberry, who wrote "A Raisin in the Sun"; includes a chronology and a selected bibliography.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 467
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English
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Provides a critical evolution of Native American literature including oral narratives, written literature, recent achievements in fiction, poetry, drama, etc.
18) Alice Walker
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 596
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English
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Winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the American Book Award for her novel The Color Purple, Alice Walker is indisputably one of the leading figures of contemporary African American literature. Author of four novels, two collections of short stories, two collections of essays, and four volumes of poetry, Walker writes of African American women's discovery of their inner selves, selves from which they draw the strength necessary for survival....
19) Toni Morrison
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 559
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English
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Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students...
20) Neil Simon
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 447
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English
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Offers a brief outline of Simon's life and career and critically examines all of his plays, adaptations, and screenplays.
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