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One Body
LSU Press 2007; US$ 16.95One Body is Margaret Gibson's most intimate collection of poems to date. Written as if to honor the injunction "Work to simplify the heart," the poems are direct, empathetic, and tender in their study of life and death. The thirteen poems of the opening sequence, as well as other poems throughout, look steadily at life and death until... more...
Becoming Cajun, Becoming American
LSU Press 2009; US$ 19.95From antebellum times, Louisiana?s unique multipartite society included a legal and social space for intermediary racial groups such as Acadians, Creoles, and Creoles of Color. In Becoming Cajun, Becoming American, Maria Hebert-Leiter explores how American writers have portrayed Acadian culture over the past 150 years. Combining a study of Acadian... more...
American Narratives
LSU Press 2007; US$ 23.95American Narratives takes readers back to the turn of the twentieth century to reintroduce four writers of varying ethnic backgrounds whose works were mostly ignored by critics of their day. With the skill of a literary detective, Molly Crumpton Winter recovers an early multicultural discourse on assimilation and national belonging that has been largely... more...
American Voices
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 185.00Contemporary public speaking remains an important part of our national life and a substantial force in shaping current events. Many of America's most important moments and issues, such as wars, scandals, election campaigns, September 11, 2001, have been defined by oratory. Here, over 50 essays cover a substantial and interesting group of major... more...
Melville's Allusions to Religion
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 103.00Lists thousands of references to religion in the complete works of Herman Melville. more...
Vintage Lopez
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 9.95Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the greatest modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions. ?Lopez has such great narrative skill and uses his words so carefully the simple intensity is often nearly overwhelming.? ? The Oregonian Barry Lopez is an unparalleled explorer of the relationship between humanity... more...
Colonial Literature, 1607-1776
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 50.00The new Research Guide to American Literature is a series of handbooks for students that provides strategies for studying and writing about frequently taught literary topics. Each volume contains dozens of study guides, each of which examines a particular work, author, movement, or theme, providing the necessary background information, suggesting fruitful... more...
Bloom's How to Write about Ralph Waldo Emerson
Infobase Publishing 2008; US$ 45.00Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of America's most influential thinkers and indisputably the central figure of the American Renaissance of the mid-19th century. His essay Nature is considered to be the founding document for the transcendentalist movement, and his influence can be seen in the writings of Whitman, Thoreau, Melville, and others. Bloom's... more...
Native American Writers
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 35.00The American literary canon continues to grow and change over time. This new volume presents many of the key works and major figures that have shaped the Native American literary tradition. Covering a range of authors, from well-established names to emerging voices, this series presents works prominently featured in classrooms and representing a variety... more...
African-American Writers
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 35.00African-American authors have added their voices to the American literary tapestry through riveting works. African-American Writers discusses the established authors and newly emerging voices that have made lasting contributions to American literature. Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Ernest J. Gaines, Walter Dean Myers, Alice Walker, August Wilson, Charles... more...









