American Writers Classics - Vol 2

Each of the essays in this volume focuses on a single work of American literature.

Written in a clear, jargon-free style by college and university professors, the essays explore the nuances of the works - themes, characterization, use of language - enabling the student to comprehend, interpret and write about the classics. The volume includes essays on Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy", Sarah Orne Jewett's "The Country of the Pointed Firs", Saul Bellow's "Herzog", F.

Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night", Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird", Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio" and others.

It also features timelines, author chronologies, bibliographies with further reading suggestions and cumulative indexes.