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Series
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
Published in 1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin brought the abolitionist's message to the White House and beyond. No woman before or since has so successfully written a novel designed to motivate America to act on a major issue of the day. Controversial still, this novel has weathered continual debates on all aspects of its writing and its subject matter. In her eloquent introduction, Ann Douglas establishes the historical and literary significane of this...
Author
Series
The Library of America volume 31
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
11) Writings
Author
Series
The Library of America volume 37
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Author
Series
The Library of America volume 45
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Author
Series
The Library of America volume 46
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 50
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 52
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
This second Library of America volume of Washington Irving brings together for the first time three collections of his stories and sketches. Bracebridge Hall (1822) was published under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, and centers on an English manor, its inhabitants, and the tales they tell. Interspersed with witty, evocative sketches of country life among the English nobility is the well-known tale "The Stout Gentleman" and stories based on English,...
16) Early works
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Series
Library of America volume 55
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Contains the complete texts of three works by African-American author Richard Wright: "Native Son," and its companion essay "How 'Bigger' Was Born"; Wright's first novel "Lawd, Today!"; and the story collection "Uncle Tom's Children." Includes a chronology of Wright's life and notes on his writings.
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Series
Library of America volume 59
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
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Description
In Main Street and Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis drew on his boyhood memories of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, to reveal as no writer had done before the complacency and conformity of middle-class life in America. These remarkable novels combine brilliant satire with a lingering affection for the men and women who, as Lewis wrote of Babbitt, want "to seize something more than motor cars and a house before it's too late."
Main Street (1920), Lewis's first triumph,...
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The Library of America volume 66-67
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 68
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 81
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
This collection brings together all the major poetry, a generous selection of uncollected poems, all of Frost's dramatic writing, and an extensive gathering of his prose writings.
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