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Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody: Author of The Scarlet Letter's Courtship and Marriage

By: Vickie Britton

Themes in Sister Carrie: Theodore Dreiser Connects Money and Morality

By: Eva Gordon

The Origin of Rip Van Winkle: Washington Irving’s Classic American Folktale Had Antecedents

By: John K. Davis

Willa Cather's Childhood in Red Cloud, Nebraska: Cather's Early Years Inspired My Antonia, O Pioneers, Paul's Case

By: Vickie Britton

Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer; Sex, Lust, Art: Controversial Novel Detailing Sexual Experiences Sparks Discussions

By: Yahan Wu

Literature Review – Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451: Dystopic American Literature on Censorship, Reality TV

By: Feature Writer Nicholas Morine

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Its Origins: Washington Irving’s Halloween Ghost Story of the Headless Horseman

By: John K. Davis

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton: A 21st Century Feminist Criticism

By: Holly Anderson

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner: Plot Summary of Faulkner’s Short Story

By: Jeris Swanhorst

Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Reviewing a 19th Century Creepy Classic

By: Roberta Laurie

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman Perkins: A Review of Gilman's Classic Tale of Psychological Terror

By: Roberta Laurie

Emerson Redefines the Concept of Reason: "Nature" Essay Conflates Ideas of Intuition, Faith, and Imagination

By: Angela Zito

Ambrose Bierce: A Writer Forged by the Civil War

By: Kristin Hanneman

The Ghosts in the Stories of Henry James: The Jolly Corner, The Turn of the Screw and Other Works

By: Vickie Britton

Knowledge is Misery in The Giver by Lois Lowry: Ignorance Keeps Pain Out of Utopian Societies

By: Nadia Santiago

Blue Shadows Farm by Wisconsin Writer Jerry Apps: Fictional Story of a Civil War Veteran Homesteading a Family Farm

By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

The San Francisco Beat Writers: The Other Poets, Activists and Literary Artists of the Beat Movement

By: Jennifer Berube

The Reed College Beat Writers: The Other Poets, Activists and Literary Artists of the Beat Movement

By: Jennifer Berube

The First New York Beat Writers: The Other Poets, Activists and Literary Artists of the Beat Movement

By: Jennifer Berube

The Beat Generation in New York: The Other Poets, Activists and Literary Artists of the Beat Movement

By: Jennifer Berube

The Women Behind Kerouac and Ginsberg: The Inspiration, Muses, Great Loves and Losses of the Original Beats

By: Jennifer Berube

The Women Behind Burroughs, Kerouac and Cassady: The Inspiration, Muses, Great Loves and Losses of the Original Beats

By: Jennifer Berube

Paul's Case by Willa Cather-An Analysis: Cather's Most Significant Short Story About Spirituality VS Reality

By: Vickie Britton

Disappearances in the Stories of Ambrose Bierce: Chilling Tales of the Unexplained in Late 19th Century America

By: Michelle White

The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton: The Spooky Colliding with the Everday in Turn-of-the-Century America

By: Michelle White

Jack Kerouac and the Other Original Beat Writers: The Cultural Movement That Came to be known as the Beat Generation

By: Jennifer Berube

Theme in Jack London's To Build a Fire: Man v. Nature in London’s Short Story

By: Jeris Swanhorst

Atlas Shrugged Delivers Timeless Message: Big Business Versus Big Government

By: Feature Writer Patricia Faulhaber

Huckelberry Finn and the Great American Novel: A Journey of Morality as Youth Grows Up

By: George Garza

Social Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter: The Numerous Important Social Symbols in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Book

By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

Religious Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter: The Importance of Religion in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Book

By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

"The Mysterious Rider" Predictable, but Engaging: Zane Grey's Book Filled With Stereotypes, but Enjoyable Nonetheless

By: R.L. Coffield

Literature Review – Steinbeck's "Tortilla Flat": American Classic Lit Bearing Themes of Poverty, Love, Friendship

By: Feature Writer Nicholas Morine

Book Review of East of Eden: John Steinbeck´s Epic Novel Draws Readers In

By: Yirssi Bergman

Theme in The Great Gatsby: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Novel of Illusions

By: Jeris Swanhorst

Book Review of At Fault by Kate Chopin: A Classic Novel From One of America’s Most Notable Literary Voices

By: Michelle Bailat-Jones

The Last of the Mohicans: James Fenimore Cooper's Classic

By: Feature Writer Samantha Markham

Dancing To Henderson the Rain King: Saul Bellow's Novel of Africa is Still a Joy to Behold

By: Douglas Nordfors

Herman Melville and Moby-Dick: The Writer and Great American Novel Re-examined

By: William Padgett

Little Women: Louisa May Alcott's Perennial Best-Seller

By: Feature Writer Samantha Markham

Short Story Summer Reading: Five Short Stories That Should be on One's College Prep Reading List

By: Cynthia Jones-Shoeman

Book Review of Revolutionary Road: Richard Yates’s First Novel

By: Jeris Swanhorst

Moby Dick – An Analysis: Herman Melville's Tale of The Big White Whale

By: Feature Writer Samantha Markham

The Life of Ayn Rand: The Story of the Author of Atlas Shrugged, 1905-1957

By: Jeffrey Donaldson

A-G Famous American Literature: Ernest Hemingway, Washington Irving, Henry James, Harper Lee…

By: M.L. Costa

H-N Famous American Literature: Ernest Hemingway, Washington Irving, Henry James, Harper Lee…

By: M.L. Costa

O-T Famous American Literature: Eugene O’Neill, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, Mark Twain…

By: M.L. Costa

U-Z Famous American Literature: Tennessee Williams, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald…

By: M.L. Costa

Irony in Edgar Allan Poe's Works: The Cask of Amontillado and Tell-Tale Heart

By: Gwendolyn Cuizon

Burmese Days: Book Review: George Orwell is a Master of His Craft

By: Todd Christopher Petty

Review: On the Road: Hitting the Highway With Jack Kerouac

By: Jennifer Berube

Zane Grey - Riders of the Purple Sage: A Closer Examination of Grey's Use of Figurative Language

By: John Hansen

The Alphabet and The Devil's Dictionary: Ambrose Bierce's Parody Subverts Its Own Ordering Principle

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Coming of Age in 'I Want to Know Why': Boy's Hero Falls from Grace in Sherwood Anderson's Short Story

By: David Alliger

Sherwood Anderson's I Want to Know Why: Anderson’s Young Protagonist Learns Life Lesson About Betrayal

By: Cicely A. Richard

Most Important American Authors: Hawthrone, Melville, Whitman, and Twain Produced American Classics

By: Feature Writer Ret Talbot

John Steinbeck's Philosophy on Human Strength: Grapes of Wrath Characters Reflected in Steinbeck's Nobel Speech

By: Christine Deakers

The Grapes of Wrath and Biblical Allusions: John Steinbecks References the Holy Book

By: Christine Deakers

The Grapes of Wrath and the American Religion: John Steinbeck Writes About Oakies' Religion

By: Christine Deakers

The Basil & Josephine Stories: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Youthful Short Story Collection

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

Understanding Hills Like White Elephants: A Quick How to for Understanding an Ernest Hemingway Classic

By: Feature Writer Derek Clendening

The Great Gatsby's Summer & American Dream: F. Scott Pursues Seasonal Imagery to Describe the Loss of Hope.

By: Christine Deakers

Flashback and Night and Day in the Great Gatsby: F. Scott Fitzgerald Writes About Time Destroying Opportunity

By: Christine Deakers

Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell: A Classic Historical Novel, America's War and Peace

By: Karen Murdarasi

The American Dream in "The Great Gatsby": A Quest for Power, Fame and Fortune in Fitzgerald’s Classic Novel

By: Feature Writer Jenna Galley

The Real Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne: A Novel about Patriotism and Politics, not Rosebushes or Embroidery

By: Feature Writer Ret Talbot

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald’s Gatsby Symbolizes the Illusion of American Dream

By: Cicely A. Richard

A Review of 'Tender is The Night': F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Romantic Tragedy

By: Jen Syrkiewicz

John Steinbeck's The Pastures Of Heaven: East of Eden Author's First Short Story Cycle

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin: How the Story of Slavery Changed History

By: Cicely A. Richard

Joe Christimas' Treament of Women: Sexism in William Faulkner's Light in August

By: Allison D. Schisler

Joe Christimas' Treament of Women: Sexism in William Faulkner's Light in August

By: Allison D. Schisler

From Yoknapatawpha County to Jefferson: Female Protagonists of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying

By: Allison D. Schisler

From Yoknapatawpha County to Jefferson: Female Protagonists of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying

By: Allison D. Schisler

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Short Stories: Novelist's Most Prolific Writing Was For Popular Magazines

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

Desiree's Baby: Manifest Destiny and Providence: How Colonialist Ideology Facilitated American Slavery

By: Douglas Allen Rhodes

Review of Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry: Pulitzer Prize Epic of the American West

By: Jessica Workman

Thomas Clayton Wolfe: American Author of Autobiographical and Depression-Era Novels

By: Vickie Britton

The Deeper Value of The Scarlet Letter: Themes of Humanity Behind Hawthorne's Great American Classic

By: Brody Slostad

Walker's The Color Purple: Celie Storms The Castle (Figuratively Speaking)

By: Jessica Gleason

Death Comes for the Archbishop: Willa Cather's Most-Studied Novel with Southwestern Setting

By: Vickie Britton

Thomas Wolfe: Four of the Greatest Autobiographical Novels

By: Vickie Britton

Call of the Wild Relevant Today: Yukon Survival--Not for Children, or the Sqeamish, or Faint of Heart

By: Feature Writer Jeannie Delahunt

O'Henry's "The Gift of the Magi": The Power of Setting in Literature

By: Richard DeWayne Morris

True Crime: An American Tragedy: The Murder Trial That Inspired Theodore Dreiser's Novel

By: Feature Writer Meg Nola

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