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Writers like Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and poets Ezra Pound, H.D. and T. S. Eliot demonstrate the growth of an international perspective in American literature. American writers had long looked to European models for inspiration, but whereas the literary breakthroughs of the mid-19th century came from finding distinctly American styles and ...
Isabel Allende (born 1942), Chilean/American novelist, Eva Luna, Daughter of Fortune. Dorothy Allison (born 1949), Bastard Out of Carolina. Lisa Alther (born 1944), Kinflicks. Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919), The Young Trailers. Julia Alvarez (born 1950), How the García Girls Lost Their Accents.
William Faulkner. William Cuthbert Faulkner ( / ˈfɔːknər /; [1] [2] September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of his life. A Nobel laureate, Faulkner is one of the most ...
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature ." [3] His novels include The Adventures of Tom ...
Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
Culture of theUnited States. Southern United States literature consists of American literature written about the Southern United States or by writers from the region. Literature written about the American South first began during the colonial era, and developed significantly during and after the period of slavery in the United States.
List of Cuban-American writers. List of Egyptian-American writers. List of Italian-American women writers. List of Jewish-American writers. List of Korean-American writers. List of Mexican-American writers. List of Puerto Rican writers. List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas (not limited to the U.S.)
The Norton Anthology of American Literature is a compendium of various works by authors of specifically American birth or naturalization, ranging from short poems, pamphlets, and novellas to longer entries such as entire novels and philosophical pieces. This collection proceeded from a series of other anthologies including English Literature ...
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