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Facts on File Companion to the American Novel - 9780816045280

Un libro in lingua di Werlock Abby H. P. (EDT) edito da Facts on File, 2006

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The award-winning, three-volume Facts On File Companion to the American Novel examines the great American novel in all of its diversity. Coverage includes virtually every major novel and novelist in the United States from the late 1700s through the modern day from literary classics to contemporary popular favorites to those less well known. More than 900 in-depth, A-to-Z entries help readers deepen their understanding of the American novel and its place in literary history. The depth and breadth are truly impressive.

Written in a clear, engaging style with contributions from literary scholars, this is the only reference work of its kind to analyze the American novel as a whole. A detailed introduction surveys the history of the American novel and discusses emerging trends. Entries include bibliographies to guide further research.

Coverage includes:

  • Author biographies and bibliographies
  • Synopses and analyses of major novels
  • Extended essays on major subjects, such as the African-American novel and mystery and detective novels.
Authors include:
  • Louisa May Alcott
  • Willa Cather
  • Theodore Dreiser
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Zora Neale Hurston
  • Jack Kerouac
  • Jack London
  • Norman Mailer
  • Toni Morrison
  • Sylvia Plath
  • Thomas Pynchon
  • Ayn Rand
  • Philip Roth
  • Upton Sinclair
  • John Steinbeck
  • Amy Tan
  • Gore Vidal
  • Jeffrey Eugenides.

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