6 Volumes 2,904 Pages 339 Essays Illustrated 832 Photos Glossary Category List Author Index Title Index Discussion Topics 73 New authors added Scope extended to Canada More minority and women writers     covered Authors of young adult literature     now included 100+ essays revised Bibliographies and lists updated Discussion Topics added to all     essays Articles Sherman Alexie Julia Alvarez Margaret Atwood Flannery O'Connor Other Elements Table of Contents Author Index Title Index You can view many of the holdings of this title in the U.S. and Canada by selecting a State or Province below. Choose from the pull-down menu below to show a Google map that displays the sets' locations. Jump to a State/Province: Alabama Alaska Alberta Arizona Arkansas British Columbia California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Manitoba Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Brunswick New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Newfoundland and Labrador North Carolina North Dakota Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ohio Oklahoma Ontario Oregon Pennsylvania Prince Edward Island Quebec Rhode Island Saskatchewan South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Yukon    Click here to view an    Adobe Acrobat version    of a few sample articles    from this set.    Click here to view an    Acrobat descriptive flier    about this title. The writing is accessible, yet without condescension; the articles will serve the casual reader as significant sources of information and insight and will be valuable to more serious readers as starting points for research. A valuable resource appropriate for public, school, and academic libraries. Book News

Editor: Steven G. Kellman,     University of Texas at San Antonio ISBN: 978-1-58765-285-1 List Price: $499 September 2006 · 6 volumes · 2,904 pages · 8"x10" Magill's Survey of American Literature Offers profiles of major U.S. and Canadian writers accompanied by analyses of their significant works in fiction, drama, poetry, and nonfiction. Magill's Survey of American Literature, originally published in 1991 with a 1994 supplement, offered profiles of major U.S. authors of fiction, drama, and poetry, each with sections on biography, general analysis, and analysis of the author's most important works - novels, short stories, poems, plays, works of nonfiction. The Revised Edition updates these essays and adds many new ones, covering 339 writers at the heart of literary studies. Expanding the Scope For this edition, we added 73 new authors to the 266 already profiled. For the first time, Canadians are included, such as Margaret Atwood, Robertson Davies, Mavis Gallant, Anne Hébert, Farley Mowat, Alice Munro, and Michael Ondaatje. In addition, an effort was made to cover even more minority and women writers. Also featured are authors of young adult literature, such as Judy Blume, M. E. Kerr, Madeleine L'Engle, Walter Dean Myers, Gary Paulsen, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Bringing Things Up to Date All the original essays were evaluated for their currency, and more than 100 were given substantial revision, in many cases by the original contributor. The "Biography," "Analysis," and "Summary" sections were updated to include recent developments: new titles or awards, changes in residence or employment, and alterations in critical and popular reception. For these essays, one or more sections on specific works (novels, poems, short stories) were added. For all essays, the bibliographies--lists of the author's works and sources for further consultation--were revised to provide readers with the latest information. A new feature for this edition is a sidebar in each essay called "Discussion Topics." They may address the writer's body of work, specific works, or life as it relates to his or her literature. Aimed at students, teachers, and members of reading groups, they can be used as paper topics or conversation points. Covers The front covers of each of the six volumes in this set features a different writer: Truman Capote Emily Dickinson Ernest Hemingway Toni Morrison Edgar Allan Poe Amy Tan Back Matter Four reference features can be found at the end of volume 6: Glossary: Defines crucial literary terms Category List: Groups authors by genre, country, gender, and ethnic     identity Author Index: Lists all authors covered in the set along with their works Title Index: Lists all works covered in the set Author portraits and thumbnail photographs of book covers are included as available.

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