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Chesnutt, Charles Waddell
Henry B. Wonham
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Charles Waddell ChesnuttIntroductionCharles Waddell Chesnutt, a prominent author, lawyer, and civil-rights activist, was born 20 June 1858 in Clevelan...
Child, Lydia Maria
Carolyn L. Karcher
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Lydia Maria Child Introduction Lydia Maria Child, née Francis (b. 1802–d. 1880), the daughter of a baker in Medford, Massachusetts, and almost...
Childhood Studies
Holly Blackford
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Childhood StudiesIntroductionThe term “childhood studies” refers to the growing field of academic study that places the child and childhood at the cen...
Chopin, Kate
Bernard Koloski
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2016-09-28
Kate ChopinIntroductionIn the United States and abroad, Kate Chopin (b. 1850–d. 1904) is recognized as one of America’s essential 19th-century authors...
Cisneros, Sandra
Danielle Haque
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2017-03-30
Sandra CisnerosIntroductionThe “About the Author” section of Sandra Cisneros’s second book, The House on Mango Street, includes the following descript...
Civil War Literature, 1861–1914
John Casey
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2016-07-27
Civil War Literature, 1861–1914IntroductionThe US Civil War (1861–1865) still serves as one of the milestones in American literary history, commonly r...
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
Jeffrey Chisum
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Walter Van Tilburg ClarkIntroductionWalter Van Tilburg Clark (b. 1909–d. 1971) was born in Maine, but spent his formative years growing up in Reno, Ne...
Connell, Evan S.
Steve Paul
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2022-01-12
Evan S. ConnellIntroductionEvan S. Connell (b. 1924–d. 2013) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up there in a prosperous family with historic...
Cooper, Anna Julia
Shirley Moody-Turner
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2017-02-28
Anna Julia CooperIntroductionA renowned educator, author, activist, and scholar, Anna Julia (Haywood) Cooper (b. 1858–d. 1964) was born into slavery o...
Cooper, James Fenimore
Keat Murray
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2021-10-27
James Fenimore CooperIntroductionThe preeminent American novelist of the first half of the 19th century, James Fenimore Cooper (b. 1789–d. 1851) was a...
Copyright Laws
Melissa Homestead
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Copyright Laws Introduction Copyright law shapes the production, circulation, and reception of literature. In language that has been much deba...
Corridos
Diana Noreen Rivera
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
CorridosIntroductionThe corrido is a significant form of folk music and folk poetry sung by people of Mexican descent that has had a lasting impact on...
Crane, Stephen
Patrick Dooley
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2015-09-29
Stephen Crane Introduction Born on 1 November in Newark, New Jersey, Stephen Crane (b. 1871–d. 1900) was the fourteenth and last child of Reve...
Cruz, Sor Juana Inés de la
Natalie Kubasek
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz Introduction Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (b. 1648–d. 1695) was born Juana Ramírez de Asbaje in San Miguel Nepantla, a ...
Cullen, Countee
Jane Kuenz
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Countee CullenIntroductionCountee Cullen was born in 1903, probably in Louisville, Kentucky, though the circumstances are unclear in large part becaus...
Culture, Mass and Popular
Kinohi Nishikawa
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Mass and Popular CultureIntroductionA relatively young tradition in world letters, American literature matured over a period that coincided with the r...
Davis, Rebecca Harding
Robin Cadwallader
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Rebecca Harding Davis Introduction Rebecca Blaine Harding was born 24 June 1831, in Washington, Pennsylvania, at the home of her mother’s sist...
Dawes Severalty Act
Kathleen Washburn
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2014-08-26
Dawes Severalty Act Introduction The General Allotment Act or Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 had a dramatic impact on Indian Country in the conte...
de Burgos, Julia
Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2018-07-24
Julia de BurgosIntroductionJulia de Burgos (b. 1914–d. 1953) is remembered as a revolutionary writer, thinker, and activist. The eldest of thirteen ch...
Delany, Samuel R.
Sean Matharoo
Subject: American Literature »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Samuel R. DelanyIntroductionSamuel R. Delany is a profoundly influential and award-winning African-American gay author, critic, and teacher, whose man...
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