Literary companions books

Until now, scholars have portrayed America’s antiwar literature as an outgrowth of World War I, manifested in the...  Read More >>

Offers insightful profiles of a number of accomplished women born in America's Gilded Age who lost - and found -...  Read More >>

Collects nineteenth-century stories, sketches, and book excerpts by a gallery of authors to create a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Presents the first book-length study of the sexually violent African American man, or “black beast”, as a composite...  Read More >>

In this long-awaited book from one of the most recognized and respected scholars in Native Studies today, Emma LaRocque...  Read More >>

Presents a collection of essays devoted to the work of the award-winning fiction writer Barry Hannah. The anthology...  Read More >>

Linda Bolton uses six extraordinarily resonant moments in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American history to...  Read More >>

From abolition through the years just before the civil rights struggle began, African American women recognized...  Read More >>

These eleven essays confront the ongoing problem of defining American and modern - terms that often travel together...  Read More >>

Perhaps America's foremost literary stylist and most mordant wit, H.L. Mencken's most engaging writing told about...  Read More >>

A study of Faulkner's place among his peers  Read More >>

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In this long-awaited book from one of the most recognized and respected scholars in Native Studies today, Emma LaRocque...  Read More >>

Yi Kwang-su (1892–1950) was one of the pioneers of modern Korean literature. A long critical introduction discusses...  Read More >>

Traces Ralph Ellison's intellectual and aesthetic development and the evolution of his cultural philosophy throughout...  Read More >>

Starting in 1949, John W. Bonner Jr. compiled an annual annotated bibliography of books by Georgia writers for the...  Read More >>

J. McHenry Jones's Hearts of Gold is a gripping tale of post-Civil War battles against racism and systemic injustice....  Read More >>

Offers a close examination and interpretation of Absalom, Absalom!. Here difficult words and cultural terms that...  Read More >>

Features a collection of theoretical essays, and critical ruminations that offers a re-visioning of trickster criticism...  Read More >>

Offers a close examination and interpretation of Absalom, Absalom!. Here difficult words and cultural terms that...  Read More >>

Reevaluates Charles Chesnutt's deft manipulation of the “passing” theme to expand understanding of the author's...  Read More >>

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Examines the complex negotiations behind the production of African American literature. John K. Young presents the...  Read More >>

Brings together a dozen essays devoted to aspects of Moliere's stagecraft, each of which illustrates in its way...  Read More >>

The work of E.L. Doctorow is most often seen as a political and cultural critique of eras of American history, like...  Read More >>