A Kind of Intimacy is a sardonic look at self-help gone disastrously wrong. In Annie Fairhurst's world, the past can never loosen its grip on the present, and the persistent exhortation to better ones
An indispensable resource for readers, students, and scholars of Native literatures in North America, Native Authenticity offers a clear, comprehensive, and systematic look at the diversity of critic
Exceptionalism, the notion that Americans have a distinct and special destiny different from that of other nations, permeates every period of American history. It is the single most powerful force in
Part of a series of scholarly interpretations of recent works by contemporary North American authors, this collection is intended for advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students. Authors explore
Leading scholars critically explore three leading novels by Louise Erdrich, one of the most important and popular Native American writers working today.
The first book devoted exclusively to the poetry and literary aesthetics of one of Native America’s most accomplished writers, this collection of essays brings together detailed critical analyses of s
This volume presents career biographies of more than 50 Asian American writers. It reviews the accomplishments of such major authors as short story writer Toshio Mori, novelist Amy Tan, and poet Alber
This volume is concerned with establishing the ways in which English Studies, with its capacity to embrace a diversity of practices, methodologies, voices, and even subjects, realizes its potential fo
Chinese migrant communities have reinvented their histories in many contexts, but the process of globalization has accelerated and diversified this phenomenon. Their fluid identities, innovative moder
