The American Renaissance has been a foundational concept in American literary history for nearly a century. The phrase connotes a period, as well as an event, a

The outpouring of Native American literature that followed the publication of N. Scott Momaday’s Pulitzer Prize–winning House Made of Dawn in 1968 continues

Lincoln presents the writing of today's most gifted Native American authors, against an ethnographic background which should enable a growing number of readers

Studies the views of 5 prominent mid-19th century writers on the function and nature of literature and how they applied these views to their works.