T he world of contemporary literature is always changing and it’s hard to know what books are worth the hype and what the ...

and cultural changes that have distinguished the contemporary period. Focusing on both established and emerging writers - and with chapters devoted to the American historical novel, regional realism, ...

Chilean American author Isabel Allende became ... Daniel Parada and many others who have earned a spot on this list of ...

this Companion provides an invaluable point of reference for readers seeking rigorous and cutting-edge analyses of contemporary African American literature.

We publish work in both American and British literature from modernism ... animal studies, Holocaust literature, war studies, avant-garde poetry. The modern and contemporary researchers have in common ...

Mark Twain, Introductory Note to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ernest Hemingway declared that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn." ...

Not until the early 20th century was Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick first recognized as a literary masterpiece and touted as a cornerstone of modern American literature. Etching of Joseph O.

The Bauder Lecture is the main event of the Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series, now in its 35th year, which brings an important African American writer to the Marygrove campus for a ...