American Literature - P - Oxford Bibliographies
Petry, Ann
Melina Vizcaíno-Alemán
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Ann PetryIntroductionAnn Lane Petry (b. 1908–d. 1997) was a neighborhood novelist and an adopted daughter of Harlem who sold over a million copies of ...
Piatt, Sarah
Jess Roberts
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2014-05-29
Sarah Piatt Introduction Largely unknown to readers for most of the 20th century, Sarah Piatt (b. 1836–d. 1919) is now recognized by many as a...
Plath, Sylvia
Linda Wagner-Martin
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Sylvia Plath Introduction Sylvia Plath (b. 1932–d. 1963) was born to well-educated parents, Otto and Aurelia Schober Plath. Otto, who had immi...
Poe, Edgar Allan
Richard Kopley
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Edgar Allan PoeIntroductionBorn to a gifted actress and a less talented actor, Edgar Allan Poe (b. 1809–d. 1849) was orphaned in 1811 and taken in by ...
Porter, Katherine Anne
Darlene Harbour Unrue
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Katherine Anne Porter Introduction Katherine Anne Porter (b. 1890–d. 1980), christened Callie Russell Porter, was born in Indian Creek, Texas,...
Proletarian Literature
Bill Mullen
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Proletarian Literature Introduction Proletarian literature (from the Latin proletarius, belonging to the lowest class of Roman citizens) is li...
Realism and Naturalism
John Dudley
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Realism and Naturalism Introduction Variously defined as distinct philosophical approaches, complementary aesthetic strategies, or broad liter...
Reed, Ishmael
Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Ishmael ReedIntroductionIshmael Reed (b. 1938–) was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, grew up in Buffalo, New York, and attended the Buffalo Technical H...
Regionalism
Philip Joseph
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
RegionalismIntroductionIn American literature, regionalism refers to works that describe a distinctive local geography and culture, and to movements t...
Rich, Adrienne
Cheryl Colby Langdell
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Adrienne Rich Introduction One of the founders of what we now call “women’s studies,” major American feminist poet Adrienne Cecile Rich was si...
Rivera, Tomás
Danizete Martínez
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Tomás Rivera Introduction Tomás Rivera (b. 1935–d. 1984) was born in Crystal City, Texas, the son of Mexican immigrants, and grew up working a...
Robinson, Kim Stanley
Gerry Canavan
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Kim Stanley RobinsonIntroductionKim Stanley Robinson (b. 1952) was born in Waukegan, Illinois, but moved to California as a small child, where he has ...
Roth, Henry
Steven G. Kellman
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2021-10-27
Henry RothIntroductionHenry Roth (b. 1906–d. 1995) was an American novelist and short-story writer whose autobiographically based fiction helped defin...
Roth, Philip
Benjamin Railton
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Philip RothIntroductionIn his more than five decades of publication and notoriety, Philip Roth (b. 1933) has produced an extensive and noteworthy body...
Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo
Alicia Contreras
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2019-03-27
María Amparo Ruiz de BurtonIntroductionMaría Amparo Ruiz de Burton (b. 1832–d. 1895) was a Mexican-born woman who experienced the processes of Manifes...
Russ, Joanna
Paul March-Russell
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2019-04-24
Joanna RussIntroductionJoanna Russ was one of the most influential figures within postwar women’s science fiction. As a writer, she incorporated moder...
Sanchez, Sonia
Jennifer Ryan-Bryant
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2015-06-29
Sonia Sanchez Introduction Sonia Sanchez (b. 1934–), was born Wilsonia Benita Driver in Birmingham, Alabama. Her mother died when she was one ...
Schoolcraft, Jane Johnston
Robert Dale Parker
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft Introduction Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (b. 1800–d. 1842) was the first known American Indian literary writer. She wr...
Sentimentalism and Domestic Fiction
Shirley Samuels
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Sentimentalism and Domestic Fiction Introduction The form of the American domestic and sentimental novel developed in the late 18th and early ...
Sermons
Joe Fulton
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Sermons Introduction For all of the 17th and most of the 18th century, the sermon was the dominant literary form in the American colonies. The...
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