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The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition

The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition
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1973 · 352 pages · Scott, Foresman and Company
Synopsis
This collection explores the American Civil War through a variety of literary lenses. Featuring poetry and prose, it examines themes of conflict, loss, and the enduring impact of history on the human spirit. Discover powerful narratives that capture the essence of a nation divided.
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Robert Hayden was an American poet, essayist, educator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1976. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hayden
Robert O'Neill is the author of The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. These works explore American literature, focusing on key plays.
William Bradford is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. His work focuses on exploring American literature.
John Smith is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. His work focuses on literature and educational texts.
Anne Bradstreet's work is featured in Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. She's known for her contributions to American literature.
Esther Edwards is the author behind The United States in Literature, with special editions focusing on The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. Her work explores American drama through these influential plays.
Edward Taylor is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. His work focuses on exploring American literature.
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature's "The American Experience" collection. His work explores timeless themes within the American narrative.
A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.
Phyllis Wheatley is the author behind The United States in Literature, with special editions for The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. Her work focuses on American literature and drama.
Thomas Jefferson's work includes Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. He's known for his contributions to literature, particularly in exploring the American experience.
William Bartram is the author of The United States in Literature, with special editions for The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. His work focuses on American literature and drama.
American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving>Wikipedia</a>).
William Cullen Bryant is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. This work explores themes and literature from the American experience.
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.[1] He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in...
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid-1800s. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society. Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendental...
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history. Shortly after graduating from Bowdoin College, Hathorne changed his name to Hawthorne. Hawthorne anonymously published his first work, a novel titled Fanshawe, in 1828. In 1837, he published Twice-Told Tales and became engaged...
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet who is often classified as part of dark romanticism. He is best known for his novel Moby Dick and novella Billy Budd, the latter of which was published posthumously. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American baptist minister and civil rights movement leader, most famous for his speech "I have a dream", assassinated, the son on [Martin Luther King, Sr.](/a/OL1654795A) (1899-1984).
German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", "The Song of Hiawatha", and "Evangeline". He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was a physician and writer whose work often explored the American experience. He's known for his contributions to literature collections like Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience.
James Russell Lowell is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. His work focuses on American literature and themes.
James Wilson Pennington is the author behind The United States in Literature, with special editions for The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. His work focuses on American literature.
Henry Timrod is the author of The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. These works explore American literature.
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. - [Wikipedia][1] The Library of Congress has shared [lots of photographs of Abraham Lincoln][2] in the Flickr Commons. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln [2]: http://www.flickr.c...
Sidney Lanier was a writer whose work is featured in The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II. He contributed to the landscape of American literature.
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a prolific American author and humorist. Twain is best known for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.[1] His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal...
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist.
Emily Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, e...
A prolific American author (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Crane>Wikipedia</a>; <a href=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Stephen_Crane>Wikisource</a>).
Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer and designer. The Age of Innocence (1920) won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making her the first woman to win the award. She spoke fluent French as well as several other languages and many of her books were published in both French and English. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton
Theodore Dreiser was a major American novelist of the early 20th century. He's best known for his powerful social realism, particularly in his novel An American Tragedy. Dreiser's work often explored the struggles of ordinary people against societal forces.
Sherwood Anderson was born in Camden, Ohio on the 13th of September, 1876. He attended school only intermittently, while helping to support his family by working as a newsboy, housepainter, stock handler, and stable groom. At the age of 17 he moved to Chicago where he worked as a warehouse laborer and attended business classes at night. During the Spanish-American war Anderson fought in Cuba and returned after the war to Ohio, for a final year of schooling at Wittenberg College, Springfield. A...
"Katherine Anne Porter was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. Her 1962 novel Ship of Fools was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her short stories received much more critical acclaim. She is known for her penetrating insight; her work deals with dark themes such as betrayal, death and the origin of human evil." - Wikipedia
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American writer and journalist. During his lifetime he wrote and had published seven novels; six collections of short stories; and two works of non-fiction. Since his death three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction autobiographical works have been published. Hemingway received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school he worked as a reporter but within months he left...
John Steinbeck was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). He wrote a total of 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. In 1962, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature ([Source][1]). [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck
Richard Wright's work explores the rich history of Black American poetry. His notable collection, The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970, offers a deep dive into this vital literary tradition.
Eudora Welty's work is featured in Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience, offering readers a look into classic American literature. She's a writer whose selections are a great addition to any literary exploration.
Prudencio De Pereda is the author of The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. These works explore American literature through the lens of classic plays.
Carson McCullers was an American writer. She wrote novels, short stories, and two plays, as well as essays and some poetry. Her first novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts of the South. Her other novels have similar themes and are all set in the South. Source and more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_McCullers
Donald Barthelme, author of The Vintage Book of Amnesia, offers a unique perspective on the human condition. His work often explores themes of memory and identity with a distinctive, often humorous, touch. He's a writer who makes you think.
Prof. John Updike, American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
Americo Paredes is the author behind The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. These works explore American literature, likely focusing on dramatic works.
Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White was an American writer. A long-time contributor to "The New Yorker" magazine, he also wrote many famous books for both adults and children, such as the popular Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, and co-authored a widely used writing guide, The Elements of Style, popularly known by its authors' names, as "Strunk & White."
George Santayana (born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) was a Spanish philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.[2] Born in Spain, he moved to the United States at the age of eight.
Art Buchwald is the author behind The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. These works explore American literature, focusing on key plays.
Edna St. Vincent Millay was a celebrated American poet and playwright. Her work, often found in collections like Prentice Hall Literature, is known for its lyrical beauty and exploration of themes like love and freedom.
Archibald MacLeish is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. His work focuses on American literature and themes.
Donald A. Stauffer is the author behind The United States in Literature, with special editions for The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. His work focuses on American literature.
Theodore Spencer is the author of The United States in Literature, with special editions for The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. His work focuses on American literature and drama.
John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy. In 1920, his first novel, One Man's Initiation: 1917, was published, and in 1925, his novel Manhattan Transfer became a commercial success. His U.S.A. trilogy, which consists of the novels The 42nd Parallel (1930), 1919 (1932), and The Big Money (1936), was ranked by the Modern Library in 1998 as 23rd of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th cen...
Edgar Lee Masters is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. This collection offers a deep dive into American literature.
Jesse Stuart is the author behind the popular Prentice Hall Literature series, including Platinum and Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. His work focuses on making classic literature accessible for students.
Thomas Stearns Eliot was an American poet, playwright, and literary critic, arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century.[3] His first notable publication, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, begun in February 1910 and published in Chicago in June 1915, is regarded as a masterpiece of the modernist movement.[4] It was followed by some of the best-known poems in the English language, including Gerontion (1920), The Waste Land (1922), The Hollow Men (1925), Ash Wednesday...
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet, critic and intellectual who was a major figure of the Modernist movement in the first half of the 20th century. He is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry.[1] The critic Hugh Kenner said of Pound upon meeting him: "I suddenly knew that I was in the presence of the center of modernism."[2] Source and more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound
Hilda "H.D." Doolittle was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist known for her association with the early 20th century avant-garde Imagist group of poets such as Ezra Pound and Richard Aldington. She published under the pen name of H.D. - Wikipedia
William Carlos Williams was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine. Williams "worked harder at being a writer than he did at being a physician," wrote biographer Linda Wagner-Martin, but during his long lifetime, Williams excelled at both. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carlos_Williams
Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.
Edwin Arlington Robinson is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. This collection explores classic American literature.
Carl Sandburg was a poet and biographer, most famous for his multi-volume work on Abraham Lincoln. He also wrote poetry collections like Chicago Poems.
Vachel Lindsay was a poet known for his unique style and his exploration of American culture. His collection, The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970, is a significant work that highlights a vital part of literary history.
Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He wrote a book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body, published in 1928, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and for the short stories "The Devil and Daniel Webster", published in 1936, and "By the Waters of Babylon", published in 1937. In 2009, Library of America selected his story "The King of the Cats", published in 1929, for inclus...
Luis Munoz Marin is the author of The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. These works explore American literature through the lens of classic plays.
Paul Laurence Dunbar was a celebrated poet and novelist whose work captured the African American experience. You'll find his insightful writing in collections like Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience.
James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was the first African American to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer. He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his re...
Langston Hughes (1902-1967) Writer, editor, lecturer Langston Hughes achieved fame as a poet during the burgeoning of the arts known as the Harlem Renaissance, but those who label him "a Harlem Renaissance poet" have restricted his fame to only one genre and decade. In addition to his work as a poet, Hughes was a novelist, columnist, playwright, and essayist, and though he is most closely associated with Harlem, his world travels influenced his writing in a profound way. Langston Hughes f...
Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, particularly well known during the Harlem Renaissance.
Festus Claudius McKay (September 15, 1890 – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican-American writer and poet, and a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jamaica, McKay first traveled to the United States to attend college, and encountered W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk which stimulated McKay’s interest in political involvement. He moved to New York City in 1914 and in 1919 wrote "If We Must Die", one of his best known works, a widely reprinted sonnet responding to the wave of whit...
Marianne Moore is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. Her work focuses on literature and educational materials.
John Crowe Ransom was a significant voice in American letters. He's known for his contributions to poetry and criticism, and notably edited The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II.
Elinor Wylie is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum, a comprehensive collection for literature students. Her work focuses on making classic and contemporary texts accessible for educational purposes.
Wystan Hugh Auden [1] who signed his works W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,[2][3] born in England, later an American citizen, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.[4] His work is noted for its stylistic and technical achievements, its engagement with moral and political issues, and its variety of tone, form and content.[5][6] The central themes of his poetry are love, politics and citizenship, religion and morals, and the relationship between unique human b...
Allen Tate is the author behind The United States in Literature, with special editions for The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. His work focuses on literature and American studies.
Kenneth Flexner Fearing was an American poet and novelist. A major poet of the Depression era, he addressed the shallowness and consumerism of American society as he saw it, often by ironically adapting the language of commerce and media. --Wikipedia
Robinson Jeffers contributed to The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II, showcasing his interest in American literature. His work often explored themes of nature and the human condition.
Richard Eberhart is the author of The United States in Literature, with editions specifically tied to The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. His work focuses on American literature, offering insights into classic plays.
Margaret Walker was a poet whose work explored the Black experience in America. Her notable collection, The Poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970, is a significant contribution to American literature.
Theodore Roethke was a celebrated poet whose work often explored the natural world and the human psyche. His collection "Prentice Hall Literature" is a well-regarded resource for readers and students alike.
An American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks>Wikipedia</a>).
Howard Nemerov is the author behind The United States in Literature, with special editions for The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. These works showcase his contributions to literary study.
James Wright is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum. He's a familiar name for anyone who's studied literature, with this work being a key resource for students.
Wilbur was Poet Laureate of the United States and won the Pulitzer Prize twice.
Randall Jarrell is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. This work showcases his expertise in literature and thematic exploration.
Robert Earl Hayden is the author behind The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. These works explore American literature, likely focusing on plays and their historical context.
Robert Lowell was an American poet, considered the founder of the confessional poetry movement. He was appointed the sixth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.[1] ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lowell
John Ciardi is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum, a widely used resource for exploring classic and contemporary literary works. His contributions have helped countless readers discover and appreciate a broad range of genres.
Robert Fitzgerald is the author behind The United States in Literature, with special editions for The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. His work focuses on American literature and drama.
Robert Davis is the author of The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. His work focuses on American literature and drama.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum, a well-regarded resource for exploring literary works. He's a familiar name for anyone who's studied literature.
William Stafford wrote Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience, a collection exploring American literature. His work focuses on literature and education.
Henry Dumas is the author of The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. These works explore American literature through the lens of classic plays.
Mona Van Duyn is the author behind The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. These works explore American literature through the lens of classic plays.
Robert Creeley was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. He is usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school's. He was close with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners and Ed Dorn. He served as the Samuel P. Capen Professor of Poetry and the Humanities at State University of New York at Buffalo. In 1991, he joined colleagues Susan Howe, Charles Bernstein, Raymond Federman, Robert Bertholf, and Dennis T...
Amiri Baraka is the author of The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition. These works explore American literature through the lens of classic plays.
Michael Harper is the author behind The United States in Literature, with special editions for The Glass Menagerie and All My Sons. His work focuses on American literature.
Victor Hernández Cruz is the author behind Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level. This work showcases his expertise in educational literature, making complex themes accessible to students.
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The United States in literatureHardcover, 1973
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