Synopses & Reviews
This third supplement to the popular Modern American Literature (fourth edition) includes excerpts of criticism, from the early 1980s to the present, on American authors of the 20th century. This supplement features more than 200 authors represented in many hundreds of excerpts by some of today's most important scholars and critics.
One aim of this supplement is to include authors who have not been covered before in Modern American Literature. Some 60 of the authors included make their first appearance in this acclaimed reference set. There is an emphasis on minority and women writers. A partial list of these writers includes: Rudolfo Anaya, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Kay Boyle, Charles Bukowski, Amy Clampitt, Gregory Corso, Don DeLillo, Rita Dove, Louise Erdrich, Martin Espada, Maria Irene Fornes, Isabella Gardner, Mary Gordon, Oscar Hijuelos, David Henry Hwang, Maxine Hong Kingston, Audre Lorde, Terry McMillan, Gloria Naylor, David Ray, and many others.
Table of Contents
v. 1. A-F -- v. 2. G-O -- v. 3. P-Z -- v. 4. Supplement to the fourth edition -- v. 5. Second supplement to the fourth edition -- v. 6. Third supplement to the fourth edition.