The Complete Idiot's Guide to American LiteraturePenguin, 1999 - 468 pages You're no idiot, of course. You know that Samuel Clemens had a better-known pen name, Moby Dick is a famous whale, and the Raven only said,"Nevermore." But when it comes to understanding the great works of Mark Twain, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe, you'd rather rent the videos than head to your local library. Don't tear up your library card yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature teaches you all about the rich tradition of American prose and poetry, so you can fully appreciate its magnificent diversity. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get: |
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... John Steinbeck ( 1902-1968 ) Countée Cullen ( 1903-1946 ) Isaac Bashevis Singer ( 1904-1991 ) Richard Wright ( 1908-1960 ) Tennessee Williams ( 1911-1983 ) John Cheever ( 1912-1982 ) Bernard Malamud ( 1914-1986 ) Ralph Ellison ( 1914 ...
... John Steinbeck ( 1902-1968 ) Countée Cullen ( 1903-1946 ) Isaac Bashevis Singer ( 1904-1991 ) Richard Wright ( 1908-1960 ) Tennessee Williams ( 1911-1983 ) John Cheever ( 1912-1982 ) Bernard Malamud ( 1914-1986 ) Ralph Ellison ( 1914 ...
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... John Smith - and discover the roots of Puritanism . 3 Don't Tread on Me : The Revolutionary Period ( 1750-1800 ) Read excerpts from Abigail Adams ' letters , Hector St. Jean de Crèvecoeur's essays , Benjamin Franklin's autobiography and ...
... John Smith - and discover the roots of Puritanism . 3 Don't Tread on Me : The Revolutionary Period ( 1750-1800 ) Read excerpts from Abigail Adams ' letters , Hector St. Jean de Crèvecoeur's essays , Benjamin Franklin's autobiography and ...
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... John Steinbeck 271 Find out how the two most influential modern poets changed the landscape of 20th - century American litera- ture . And let's not forget one of America's most famous novelists , John Steinbeck . 24 A Pack of Poets ...
... John Steinbeck 271 Find out how the two most influential modern poets changed the landscape of 20th - century American litera- ture . And let's not forget one of America's most famous novelists , John Steinbeck . 24 A Pack of Poets ...
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... John Cheever , John Updike , Truman Capote , Mary Gordon , Stephen King , and Joyce Carol Oates have reshaped American literature . 389 Appendixes A The Authors and Their Most Famous Works 401 B Additional Reading 417 C Timeline 445 ...
... John Cheever , John Updike , Truman Capote , Mary Gordon , Stephen King , and Joyce Carol Oates have reshaped American literature . 389 Appendixes A The Authors and Their Most Famous Works 401 B Additional Reading 417 C Timeline 445 ...
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... John Steinbeck Pound Cake ........ How Not to Win Friends and Influence People . I've Looked at Love from Both Sides Now Make It New ! ....... Imagism .... Cantos ....... Pound of Flesh T.S. Eliot ( 1888–1965 ) ............. The Love ...
... John Steinbeck Pound Cake ........ How Not to Win Friends and Influence People . I've Looked at Love from Both Sides Now Make It New ! ....... Imagism .... Cantos ....... Pound of Flesh T.S. Eliot ( 1888–1965 ) ............. The Love ...
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CCXXXIV | 209 |
CCXXXVI | 210 |
CCXXXVII | 211 |
CCXXXIX | 212 |
CCXLI | 213 |
CCXLIV | 214 |
CCXLV | 215 |
XIV | 11 |
XV | 12 |
XVI | 13 |
XVII | 14 |
XVIII | 15 |
XX | 16 |
XXII | 17 |
XXIV | 18 |
XXV | 19 |
XXVII | 20 |
XXIX | 21 |
XXX | 22 |
XXXIII | 25 |
XXXIV | 26 |
XXXVI | 27 |
XXXVIII | 28 |
XXXIX | 29 |
XL | 30 |
XLII | 31 |
XLIII | 32 |
XLIV | 36 |
XLVII | 37 |
XLIX | 39 |
L | 40 |
LI | 41 |
LII | 42 |
LIV | 43 |
LV | 44 |
LVII | 45 |
LIX | 46 |
LXI | 47 |
LXIII | 48 |
LXIV | 49 |
LXV | 50 |
LXVI | 51 |
LXVIII | 52 |
LXXI | 53 |
LXXII | 54 |
LXXIII | 55 |
LXXV | 56 |
LXXVII | 57 |
LXXVIII | 58 |
LXXXI | 61 |
LXXXII | 62 |
LXXXV | 63 |
LXXXVI | 64 |
LXXXVII | 65 |
LXXXVIII | 67 |
LXXXIX | 68 |
XC | 70 |
XCII | 71 |
XCIV | 72 |
XCV | 75 |
XCVI | 77 |
XCVII | 78 |
XCIX | 79 |
C | 80 |
CII | 81 |
CIII | 82 |
CIV | 83 |
CVI | 84 |
CVII | 85 |
CVIII | 87 |
CIX | 88 |
CX | 89 |
CXII | 90 |
CXIV | 91 |
CXVI | 92 |
CXVII | 93 |
CXVIII | 95 |
CXIX | 96 |
CXXI | 97 |
CXXII | 98 |
CXXIII | 99 |
CXXIV | 100 |
CXXV | 101 |
CXXVI | 102 |
CXXVII | 103 |
CXXIX | 104 |
CXXX | 105 |
CXXXI | 107 |
CXXXII | 108 |
CXXXV | 109 |
CXXXVI | 110 |
CXXXVIII | 111 |
CXXXIX | 112 |
CXL | 113 |
CXLII | 114 |
CXLIV | 117 |
CXLV | 119 |
CXLVI | 120 |
CXLVIII | 121 |
CXLIX | 122 |
CL | 123 |
CLII | 125 |
CLIV | 126 |
CLV | 129 |
CLVII | 130 |
CLIX | 132 |
CLX | 133 |
CLXI | 134 |
CLXII | 135 |
CLXIII | 137 |
CLXIV | 138 |
CLXV | 139 |
CLXVI | 140 |
CLXVII | 142 |
CLXVIII | 143 |
CLXX | 144 |
CLXXI | 145 |
CLXXII | 146 |
CLXXIII | 149 |
CLXXIV | 150 |
CLXXVI | 151 |
CLXXVIII | 154 |
CLXXX | 156 |
CLXXXI | 157 |
CLXXXII | 159 |
CLXXXIII | 161 |
CLXXXIV | 163 |
CLXXXV | 164 |
CLXXXVI | 165 |
CLXXXVII | 167 |
CLXXXVIII | 168 |
CLXXXIX | 169 |
CXCI | 171 |
CXCIII | 173 |
CXCIV | 174 |
CXCV | 175 |
CXCVI | 176 |
CXCVII | 177 |
CXCVIII | 179 |
CXCIX | 180 |
CC | 181 |
CCII | 182 |
CCIII | 183 |
CCIV | 184 |
CCV | 185 |
CCVII | 186 |
CCIX | 187 |
CCXI | 188 |
CCXII | 189 |
CCXIV | 190 |
CCXV | 191 |
CCXVI | 193 |
CCXVII | 194 |
CCXVIII | 195 |
CCXIX | 196 |
CCXX | 197 |
CCXXII | 198 |
CCXXIII | 199 |
CCXXIV | 200 |
CCXXVI | 201 |
CCXXVII | 202 |
CCXXX | 203 |
CCXXXI | 204 |
CCXLVI | 216 |
CCXLVIII | 219 |
CCL | 220 |
CCLI | 221 |
CCLIV | 222 |
CCLVI | 224 |
CCLVII | 225 |
CCLIX | 226 |
CCLXI | 227 |
CCLXII | 228 |
CCLXIII | 229 |
CCLXIV | 231 |
CCLXV | 232 |
CCLXVI | 233 |
CCLXVII | 234 |
CCLXIX | 235 |
CCLXX | 236 |
CCLXXII | 237 |
CCLXXIV | 239 |
CCLXXVI | 240 |
CCLXXVII | 241 |
CCLXXVIII | 242 |
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CCLXXXI | 245 |
CCLXXXII | 247 |
CCLXXXIII | 248 |
CCLXXXIV | 249 |
CCLXXXVI | 250 |
CCLXXXVII | 251 |
CCLXXXVIII | 252 |
CCXCI | 253 |
CCXCII | 255 |
CCXCIV | 256 |
CCXCV | 257 |
CCXCVI | 258 |
CCXCVIII | 259 |
CCXCIX | 261 |
CCC | 262 |
CCCII | 263 |
CCCIV | 265 |
CCCVI | 266 |
CCCVII | 267 |
CCCVIII | 269 |
CCCIX | 271 |
CCCX | 272 |
CCCXII | 273 |
CCCXIV | 274 |
CCCXVI | 275 |
CCCXVII | 276 |
CCCXVIII | 277 |
CCCXIX | 278 |
CCCXX | 279 |
CCCXXI | 280 |
CCCXXIII | 281 |
CCCXXVI | 282 |
CCCXXVIII | 283 |
CCCXXIX | 284 |
CCCXXX | 285 |
CCCXXXI | 286 |
CCCXXXII | 289 |
CCCXXXIV | 290 |
CCCXXXV | 291 |
CCCXXXVI | 292 |
CCCXXXVIII | 293 |
CCCXXXIX | 294 |
CCCXL | 295 |
CCCXLI | 296 |
CCCXLII | 297 |
CCCXLIII | 298 |
CCCXLIV | 299 |
CCCXLV | 300 |
CCCXLVI | 303 |
CCCXLVII | 304 |
CCCXLVIII | 305 |
CCCXLIX | 306 |
CCCLII | 307 |
CCCLIV | 308 |
CCCLVI | 309 |
CCCLVIII | 310 |
CCCLIX | 311 |
CCCLX | 312 |
CCCLXII | 313 |
CCCLXIII | 315 |
CCCLXIV | 316 |
CCCLXVII | 317 |
CCCLXVIII | 318 |
CCCLXIX | 319 |
CCCLXXI | 321 |
CCCLXXIII | 322 |
CCCLXXVI | 323 |
CCCLXXVII | 324 |
CCCLXXVIII | 325 |
CCCLXXX | 326 |
CCCLXXXII | 329 |
CCCLXXXIV | 330 |
CCCLXXXVI | 331 |
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CCCLXXXIX | 333 |
CCCXC | 334 |
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CCCXCII | 336 |
CCCXCIII | 339 |
CCCXCIV | 341 |
CCCXCV | 342 |
CCCXCVI | 343 |
CCCXCVII | 344 |
CCCXCVIII | 345 |
CCCXCIX | 347 |
CDI | 348 |
CDII | 349 |
CDIII | 350 |
CDIV | 353 |
CDV | 354 |
CDVIII | 355 |
CDXI | 357 |
CDXII | 358 |
CDXIII | 359 |
CDXIV | 360 |
CDXVI | 361 |
CDXVIII | 362 |
CDXIX | 365 |
CDXX | 366 |
CDXXII | 367 |
CDXXIII | 368 |
CDXXV | 369 |
CDXXVI | 370 |
CDXXVII | 371 |
CDXXIX | 372 |
CDXXX | 373 |
CDXXXII | 374 |
CDXXXIII | 377 |
CDXXXIV | 378 |
CDXXXV | 379 |
CDXXXVI | 380 |
CDXXXVIII | 381 |
CDXXXIX | 382 |
CDXLI | 383 |
CDXLII | 384 |
CDXLIII | 385 |
CDXLV | 386 |
CDXLVI | 387 |
CDXLVII | 389 |
CDXLVIII | 390 |
CDL | 391 |
CDLII | 392 |
CDLIII | 393 |
CDLIV | 394 |
CDLV | 395 |
CDLVI | 396 |
CDLIX | 397 |
CDLX | 398 |
CDLXII | 401 |
CDLXIII | 417 |
CDLXIV | 445 |
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