American University Studies
Series 24: American Literature
The books within this series include a broad range of topics within the category of American literature. Typically, they are excellent monographs that have been subjected to a rigorous peer-review process. They tend to be written on topics that would not be suitable for our more specific series within each discipline. Many of the titles have won national and international awards. These books can be found in university library collections around the world.
Titles
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Maternal Conditions
Reading Kingsolver, Castillo, Erdrich, and OzekiVolume 78©2008 Monographs 174 Pages -
The Making of Americans in Paris
The Autobiographies of Edith Wharton and Gertrude SteinVolume 77©2008 Monographs 196 Pages -
The Patchwork Quilt
Ideas of Community in Nineteenth-Century American Women’s FictionVolume 74©2001 Monographs 172 Pages -
Gertrude Stein's «The Making of Americans»
Repetition and the Emergence of ModernismVolume 61©1998 Others 268 Pages -
The Art of Dying
Suicide in the Works of Kate Chopin and Sylvia PlathVolume 56©2007 Monographs 102 Pages -
Spectacular Narratives
Representation of Class and War in Stephen Crane and the American 1890sVolume 37©1992 Others 186 Pages -
The Novels of Toni Morrison
The Search for Self and Place Within the CommunityVolume 31©1994 Others 174 Pages