The Chicago Renaissance began in the early 1900s and lasted until approximately 1930. The leading writers of the period—including Theodore Dreiser (Sister Carrie), Sherwood Anderson (Winesburg, Ohio), Edgar Lee Masters (Spoon R
A broad artistic movement of the 1920s and early '30s that involved literature, the visual arts, and music, the Harlem Renaissance was one of the most productive eras in American literary history.
Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism provides a comprehensive A-to-Z guide to the Transcendentalists, the legendary group of New England authors that included Ralph Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Work, Second Edition;is an invaluable guide to English-language fiction writers born after 1959 and their best work.
Gothic literature covers a range of books and authors much wider than most people realize. From the origins of the movement in the 18th century to Charles Dickens to contemporary writers such as Stephen King, this A-to-Z guide
The Romantics valued nature, spontaneity, visionary experience,;powerful feeling, and the artist's individual response to the experience of life.;Encyclopedia of Literary Romanticism, Second Edition;provides a comprehensive A-t
Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire, Second Edition;surveys the world's greatest literature about empires and imperialism, written by citizens of these empires and the colonized people who lived under their rule.