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© Paul P. Reuben Ph.D.
Professor of English, Emeritus       Department of English          California State University, Stanislaus

Updated: April 4, 2024              EMail: PReuben@csustan.edu
| Alphabetical List 462 American Author Pages: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T UV W Y Z |

We never know how high we are Till we are asked to rise And then if we are true to plan Our statures touch the skies - The Heroism we recite Would be a normal thing Did not ourselves the Cubits warp For fear to be a King (ED -  Fr1197)

Table of Contents

Chapters

| Chapter 1: Early American Lit to 1700 | Chapter 2: Early American Lit 1700-1800 | Chapter 3: 19th Century Romanticism | Chapter 4: 19th Century Transcendentalism | Chapter 5: Late 19th Century Realism | Chapter 6: Late 19th Century Naturalism | Chapter 7: Early 20th Century and Modernism | Chapter 8: American Drama | Chapter 9: The Harlem Renaissance | Chapter 10: Late 20th Century and Postmodernism |

Appendices

Appendix A: Useful Resources for Research  Appendix B: Minorities and Women Studies:  African -American Studies  Native-American Studies  Asian-American Studies   Gay & Lesbian Studies   Hispanic & Mexican-American Studies  Jewish-American Studies  Women Studies  Appendix C: American Fiction  Appendix D: Writing Assignments  Appendix E: The Theme of Alienation and Initiation and the Immigrant Experience  Appendix F: Elements of Poetry   Appendix G: Elements of Fiction   Appendix H: Elements of Drama   Appendix I: The MLA Style   Appendix J: Research Topics   Appendix K: American Literary History & Theory   Appendix L: The Frontier in American Literature  Appendix M: Film Criticism and American Literature   Appendix N: American Gothic in Literature   Appendix O: Selected Studies in American Poetry   Appendix P: American Literature and California   Appendix Q: American Folklore  Appendix R: American Humor, Satire, and Wit   Appendix S: The American Dream   Appendix T: Manifest Destiny   Appendix U: Nature, Ecocriticism, & Ecofeminism   Appendix V: The American City in Literature and Culture  | Appendix W: The Changing American Landscape | Appendix X: Contemporary Adoptions of Early American Texts, Authors | Appendix Y: Sympathy in American Literature |

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