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Books in The Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to American Authors series

  • Readings on Flannery O'Connor

    Jennifer A. Hurley

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Pr, Jan. 1, 2001)
    An examination of O'Connor's works offers a biographical overview of the author, critical essays by varied experts, and a discussion of concurrent historical events.
  • Readings on Maya Angelou

    Mary E. Williams

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Pr, March 1, 1997)
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  • Readings on Mark Twain

    Katie De Koster

    Paperback (Greenhaven Pr, March 1, 1996)
    American Literature
  • Readings on Ernest Hemingway

    Katie De Koster

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Press, Jan. 1, 1997)
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  • Readings on William Faulkner

    Clarice Swisher

    Paperback (Greenhaven Pr, Sept. 1, 1997)
    Offers a look at the life of Faulkner and examines his works
  • Readings on Ernest Hemingway

    Katie De Koster, Bruno Leone, Scott Barbour

    Paperback (Greenhaven Pr, Jan. 1, 1997)
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  • Readings on the Glass Menagerie

    Thomas Siebold

    Paperback (Greenhaven Pr, Feb. 1, 1998)
    Offers a brief biography of Tennesee Williams, and gathers essays about the themes, characters, and structure of the play
  • Readings on Eugene O'Neill

    Thomas Siebold

    Library Binding (Greenhaven Pr, Jan. 1, 1998)
    Gathers essays about O'Neill's life, major themes in his writings, and individual plays
  • Readings on a Raisin in the Sun

    Lawrence Kappel

    Paperback (Greenhaven Pr, Oct. 1, 2000)
    Discusses the play from African American and female viewpoints, and describes its universality, various revisions and forms of the original, and parallels to the author's life.
  • Readings on F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Katie De Koster

    Paperback (Greenhaven Pr, Sept. 1, 1997)
    Offers a critical analysis of Fitzgerald's works
  • Readings on Edgar Allan Poe

    Bonnie Szumski, Carol Prime

    Paperback (Greenhaven Pr, Sept. 1, 1997)
    Essays provide a brief look at the life of Poe and examine his works
  • Readings on the Old Man and the Sea

    Bonnie Szumski

    Paperback (Greenhaven Pr, Jan. 1, 1999)
    Essays discuss the novel's themes, symbolism, biblical allusions, and critical reception