Analyzing not only American high modernism but also middlebrow and genre fiction, the article demonstrates how American literature in weekly publications conflicted with traditional cultural values ...

According to one academic journal, “No other American bookstore has done more to encourage experimentation in modern ...

Mark Twain, Introductory Note to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ernest Hemingway declared that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn." ...

Not until the early 20th century was Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick first recognized as a literary masterpiece and touted as a cornerstone of modern American literature. Etching of Joseph O.

Popular areas of focus for students in our department are women's studies; gender and sexuality; modern American literature; Anglophone literature and postcolonial theory; early modern (especially ...

Here are five queer writers shaping modern literature. Their stories ... into the complexities of growing up queer and Vietnamese-American. His work doesn’t just tell a story — it transforms ...

Mark Lawson tells the story of how American writing became the literary superpower of the 20th century, telling the nation's stories of money, power, sex, religion and war ...