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PARINI, Jay, ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. 4 vols. photos, reprods. chron. further reading. index. CIP. Oxford Univ. 2003. PLB $495. ISBN 0-19-515653-6. LC 2002156325.
Gr 9 Up--These 350 essays on writers and movements from the 1600s to the present illuminate the richness of American literature. Each writer entry (representing a diverse array of mostly 20th-eentury novelists, poets, short-story writers, playwrights, and essayists) provides biographical information along with historical perspectives and social context, analysis of long-term literary impact, and a list of works and suggestions for further reading. Longer essays, such as the 10-page …