American Literature in Transition, 1950–1960 explores the under-recognized complexity ... The second section demonstrates the range of subject positions important in the 1950s, but still not visible ...

Between 1851 and 1877, the U.S. underwent a whirlwind of change. This volume offers a fresh account of this important era, assessing the many developments - both major and minor - that transformed ...

The text takes students on an academic journey of American Literature from the period of Late Romanticism to Modernism and the present. Each chapter begins with brief writer bios and includes a ...

An introduction to American literature, focusing on key novels, short stories and poems from the Romantic period through to the postmodern, and their relation to their historical and cultural contexts ...

Teaching in the English Department for nearly two decades, Ziff is remembered for his generous mentorship and influential ...

On this day, we commemorate the birth anniversary of one of America's literary giants, Mark Twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, ...