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9780684197852

American Writers

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  • ISBN13:

    9780684197852

  • ISBN10:

    0684197855

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-10-01
  • Publisher: Charles Scribners Sons/Reference

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Summary

This collection of critical and biographical articles covers hundreds of notable authors from the 17th century to the present day. Signed essays, 12-15 pages in length by noted scholars, provide thought-provoking insights into the lives, careers and works of American writers. Each Supplement covers approximately 20 additional authors.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi
List of Contributors
xiii
Don Delillo
1(18)
Steven G. Kellman
Annie Dillard
19(22)
Karen L. Kilcup
Stanley Elkin
41(20)
Jerome Klinkowitz
John Gardner
61(16)
William D. Atwill
William Gass
77(20)
Joseph Dewey
Brooke Horvath
Robert Hass
97(16)
Molly McQuade
Irving Howe
113(18)
Sanford Pinsker
Richard Hugo
131(18)
Richard Wakefield
Zora Neale Hurston
149(14)
Stephen Soitos
John Irving
163(22)
Josie P. Campbell
Charles Johnson
185(18)
William R. Nash
Susan Minot
203(14)
Lindsay Pentolfe Aegerter
Grace Paley
217(18)
Carolyn Alessio
Robert Pinsky
235(18)
James Longenbach
Reynolds Price
253(18)
Charles R. Baker
Muriel Rukeyser
271(20)
Karen L. Kilcup
Jane Smiley
291(20)
Nancy Coffey Heffernan
W. D. Snodgrass
311(36)
David R. Slavitt
Cumulative Index 347

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