American Literature: Publisher Collections

The most ambitious work of its kind, this encyclopedia provides biographical and topical entries by more than 300 scholars and reflects the vast cultural diversity of American literature.

This expansive Companion offers a set of fresh perspectives on the wealth of texts produced in and around what is now the United States.

From the music of Louis Armstrong to the portraits by Beauford Delaney, the writings of Langston Hughes to the debut of the musical Show Boat, the Harlem Renaissance is one of the most significant developments in African-American history in the twentieth century. The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance is a comprehensive compilation of information on all aspects of this creative, dynamic period.

Contains essays, many of which discuss individual dramatists and others cover overview topics.

Provides detailed analyses of the lives and writings of major contributors to the fascinating literary subgenre of mystery and detective fiction.

Profiles of major short-story writers throughout history and the world.

This critical guide provides a concise yet comprehensive history of British and North American children's literature from its seventeenth-century origins to the present day.

This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions.

This is an accessible, lucid and incisive study that will prove indispensable to students and scholars of contemporary American fiction

Discussing the work of poets from the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean, from Sujata Bhatt to M. Philip NourbeSe and from John Ashbery to Eliot Weinberger, Nerys Williams guides students through the key ideas and movements in the study of poetry today.

This introductory study provides a thorough grounding in both the history of Gothic literature and the way in which Gothic texts have been (and can be) critically read.

This guide examines the production and reception of poetry by a range of women writers - predominantly although not exclusively writing in English - from Sappho through Anne Bradstreet and Emily Bronte to Sylvia Plath, Eavan Boland and Susan Howe.