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Race and Prejudice in American Literature Summary
12,278 words, approx. 41 pages Race and Prejudice in American Literature Introduction Is literature a mirror held up to nature, which can render the fullness of life, in all its goodness and evil? Or is literature a lamp that shines out to illuminate all it touches, rather than a...
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American literature Information
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 The New York Observer
The Id (and Imp) of American Literature
11/13/2007: 976 words, approx. 3 pages Norman Mailer was at Bobby Kennedy’s wake in 1968 when he lit a woman’s hair on fire with a candle. It was an accident, but that didn’t count for much when the woman’s hair started to sizzle and Mailer and his friend Jimmy Breslin...
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Philip Roth wins 1st ever Bellow prize
4/1/2007: 482 words, approx. 2 pages Literary awards are old news for Philip Roth, but his latest honor is truly special: The first ever PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, a $40,000 prize named for the late Nobel laureate and one of Roth's closest friends and literary heroes."To my...
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Vonnegut speech instead becoming tribute
4/12/2007: 311 words, approx. 1 pages Kurt Vonnegut's hometown has been celebrating his literary works in a "Year of Vonnegut" and will honor the late author this month at a sold-out event where he had been scheduled to speak.Fans who were eagerly awaiting his lecture on April 27 are crestfallen at...
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Bush names prestigious medal winners
10/29/2007: 345 words, approx. 1 pages President Bush on Monday announced the recipients of this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award.Those to be honored at a White House ceremony on Nov. 5 are:_ Gary Becker. The economist and 1992 Nobel Prize winner is being honored for broadening...




Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Dr. Richard J. Lane
49,504 words, approx. 165 pages
 In the following essay, Lane examines the history and diversity of literature written by authors who immigrated to the United States, focusing on the unique ethnic attributes and perspectives that the various immigrant groups have brought to the body of American literature.
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Critical Essay by Pamela A. Boker
16,612 words, approx. 55 pages
 In the excerpt below, Boker presents a psychoanalytic reading of Melville's motivation in Moby-Dick. She suggests that Melville felt abandoned by his mother and that his art was nourished by “repression, disavowal, and displacement of grief.”
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Critical Essay by Pamela A. Boker
16,598 words, approx. 55 pages
 In the following excerpt, Boker presents a psychoanalytic reading of Melville's motivation in Moby-Dick, suggesting that Melville felt abandoned by his mother and that his art was nourished by “repression, disavowal, and displacement of grief.”
Featured Essays
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The North and South
541 words, approx. 2 pages
 Essay discusses the differences between the North and the South and how these differences helped American literature.
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Evolution of American Literature
393 words, approx. 1 pages
 Describes the development of American literature. Examines the effect of Puritan society on early writings.


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