American Writers (American Biographies)
Title: American Writers (American Biographies)
Author(s): Elizabeth H. Oakes
Publisher: Facts On File
Date: 2004
Pages: 449
Size: 2.73 Mb
Format: PDF
Quality: High
Language: American English
American Writers is a book of vast scope, much like America itself. Within these pages one will find the early Puritan visionaries, leaders of the American Renaissance, realists and naturalists, the Lost Generation, the modernists, the Fugitives and agrarians, the Beats, the Black Mountain writers, postmodernists, and more. What brings them all together is the literary merit of their writing. [+/-]
Whether novelists, short story writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, or nonfiction writers, they are all judged by history and/or their contemporaries to be writers whose work has helped to create “American literature.”
Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname, using the name by which the writer is most commonly known. You will therefore find Mark Twain under “T” for Twain instead of under “C” for Clemens, his surname at birth. Each essay contains basic biographical information, including date and place of birth and death when known; family information; educational background; positions held; prizes won; and more. Each essay focuses on the writer’s literary career, with attention given specifically to the educational, work, and travel experiences that shaped the writer’s life and art. Effort is made to place the writer in context, revealing any relevant information on his or her role in literary movements or schools.
Whether novelists, short story writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, or nonfiction writers, they are all judged by history and/or their contemporaries to be writers whose work has helped to create “American literature.”
Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname, using the name by which the writer is most commonly known. You will therefore find Mark Twain under “T” for Twain instead of under “C” for Clemens, his surname at birth. Each essay contains basic biographical information, including date and place of birth and death when known; family information; educational background; positions held; prizes won; and more. Each essay focuses on the writer’s literary career, with attention given specifically to the educational, work, and travel experiences that shaped the writer’s life and art. Effort is made to place the writer in context, revealing any relevant information on his or her role in literary movements or schools.
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