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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...
Rowson, Susanna Haswell
Steven Epley
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2022-07-26
Susanna Haswell RowsonIntroductionSusanna Haswell Rowson (b. February 1762–d. 2 March 1824) was America’s first best-selling novelist and a groundbrea...
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 SanchezIntroductionSonia Sanchez (b. 1934–), was born Wilsonia Benita Driver in Birmingham, Alabama. Her mother died when she was one year old, ...
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 FictionIntroductionThe form of the American domestic and sentimental novel developed in the late eighteenth and early nine...
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...
Sexton, Anne
Linda Wagner-Martin
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-28
Anne SextonIntroductionAnne Gray Harvey Sexton (b. 1928–d. 1974), born in Newton, Massachusetts, was the third daughter of an established and moderate...
Silko, Leslie Marmon
Deborah L. Madsen
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Leslie Marmon SilkoIntroductionLeslie Marmon Silko was born 5 March 1948 in Albuquerque, of Laguna, Mexican, and white ancestry, and raised on the Lag...
Sinclair, Upton
Nicolas S. Witschi
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
Upton SinclairIntroductionUpton Beall Sinclair Jr., (b. 1878–d. 1968) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a family of meager means that still had hist...
Smith, John
William Boelhower
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
John SmithIntroductionCaptain John Smith (b. 1580–d. 1631) won honors and experience as a volunteer soldier on the continent before joining the first ...
Smith, Lillian
Will Brantley
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2020-01-15
Lillian SmithIntroductionLillian Smith (b. 1897–d. 1966) was born in Jasper, Florida, and grew up in a large and well-to-do southern family. In 1915, ...
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