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Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A Collection of Latina Fiction and Poetry.

Milligan, Bryce, Ed.; And Others – 1995

This anthology of contemporary fiction and poetry by Hispanic American women writers contains material ranging from national award winners to emerging talents. Noting that until recently 20th-century academic literary criticism described ethnic American literature as parochial and politically driven, the anthology's introduction discusses how the…

Descriptors: Authors, Females, Feminism, Hispanic American Culture

Like Underground Water: The Poetry of Mid-Twentieth Century Japan.

Koriyama, Naoshi, Comp.; Lueders, Edward, Comp. – 1995

With more than 240 poems selected from 80 leading poets, this anthology is the first comprehensive collection of post-World War II Japanese poetry to survey all of the major tendencies and developments directly influenced by the war. Beginning with Nishiwaki Junzaburo (1894-1982), who studied Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot, and concluding with Osada…

Descriptors: Anthologies, Creative Writing, Figurative Language, Foreign Countries

Redefining American Literary History.

Ruoff, A. LaVonne Brown, Ed.; Ward, Jerry W., Jr., Ed. – 1990

This book is a collection of essays which provide starting points for a redefinition of American literary history based on a multiethnic and multiracial, rather than European, theory of culture. After an introduction by the editors, essays in the book are: "The Literatures of America: A Comparative Discipline" (Paul Lauter);…

Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Black Literature, Cultural Pluralism, Literary History

Readings on "Of Mice and Men" (John Steinbeck). The Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to American Literature. Literary Companion Series.

Karson, Jill, Ed. – 1998

Intended as an accessible resource for students researching America's greatest literary figures, this collection of essays about John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" contains a biography of the author and essays taken from a wide variety of sources. The essays are edited to accommodate the reading and comprehension level of young adults;…

Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Drama, Higher Education, Literary Criticism

FanFare: The Christopher-Gordon Children's Literature Annual. Number 1.

Taxel, Joel, Ed. – 1993

In this first issue of a children's literature annual, 10 articles on poetry for young people are presented. The articles and their authors are as follows: "There Is No Net To Catch A Poem" (Jane Yolen); "Poetry and the Self" (Myra Cohn Livingston); "The World Outside My Skin" (Eve Merriam); "American Poetry for…

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Childrens Literature, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education

Readings on John Steinbeck. The Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to American Authors.

Swisher, Clarice, Ed. – 1996

Intended as an accessible resource for students researching America's greatest literary figures, this collection of essays about John Steinbeck's (1902-1968) work contains an in-depth biography and essays taken from a wide variety of sources. The essays are edited to accommodate the reading and comprehension levels of young adults; each essay is…

Descriptors: Authors, Classics (Literature), Fiction, Higher Education

Readings on Ernest Hemingway. The Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to American Authors.

de Koster, Katie, Ed. – 1997

Intended as an accessible resource for students researching America's greatest literary figures, this collection of essays about Ernest Hemingway's (1899-1961) work contains an in-depth biography and essays taken from a wide variety of sources. The essays are edited to accommodate the reading and comprehension levels of young adults; each essay is…

Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Fiction, Higher Education, Literary Criticism

Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry.

Gillan, Maria Mazziotti, Ed.; Gillan, Jennifer, Ed. – 1994

This collection of poems by contemporary poets stretches across the boundaries of skin color, ethnicity, language, and religion to give voice to the lives and experiences of ethnic Americans. The poems address common themes of assimilation, self-perception, and communication. In recording everyday life in the many American cultures, the poems…

Descriptors: Acculturation, Authors, Contemporary Literature, Cultural Context