American writers, a collection of literary biographies. / Leonard Unger, editor in chief.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Unger, Leonard, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Bio-bibliography.

Authors, American--Biography.

Authors, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

volumes in. ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Scribner, [1974-]

Contents:

v. 1. Henry Adams to T.S. Eliot

v. 2. Ralph Waldo Emerson to Carson McCullers

v. 3. Archibald MacLeish to George Santayana

v. 4. Isaac Bashevis Singer to Richard Wright

Supplement[s]: I, pt. 1. Jane Addams to Sidney Lanier. I, pt. 2. Vachel Lindsay to Elinor Wylie. II, pt. 2. Robinson Jeffers to Yvor Winters

Suppl. III, pt.1. John Ashbery to Walker Percy

Suppl. III, pt.2. Philip Roth to Louis Zukofsky

Suppl. V. Russell Banks to Charles Wright

Suppl. X. Madison Smartt Bell to John Edgar Wideman

Suppl. XI. Toni Cade Bambara to Richard Yates

Suppl. XII. Kathy Acker to Richard Russo

Suppl. XIII. Edward Abbey to William Jay Smith

Suppl. XIV. Cleanth Brooks to Logan Pearsall Smith

Suppl. XV. Woody Allen to C.D. Wright

Suppl. XVI. John James Audubon to Gustaf Sobin

Suppl. XVII. Max Apple to Franz Wright

Suppl. XVIII. Charles Frederick Briggs to Robert Wrigley ; Cumulative index to volumes 1-4 and supplements I-XVIII and retrospective supplements I-II

Suppl. XIX. David Budbill to Bruce Weigl ; Cumulative index of vols. I-IV and supplements I-XIX and retrospective supplements I-II

Mary Antin to Phillis Wheatley ; Cumulative index of vols. I-IV and retrospective supplements I-II

Suppl. XXII. Bontemps-Wilder ; Cumulative index to vols. I-IV and supplements I-XXII and retrospective supplements I-II

Suppl. XXIII. Asch to Thompson

Suppl. XXIV. Abraham to H. Thompson ; Cumulative index to vols. I-IV and supplements I-XXIV and retrospective supplements I-II

Suppl. XXV. Bechdel to Zitkala-S̆̆a ; Cumulative index to volumes I-IV and supplements I-XXV and retrospective supplements I-II

Suppl. XXVI. Andrews-Wells. Cumulative index to volumes I-IV and supplements I-XXVI and retrospective supplements I-II

Notes:

The 4-vol. main set consists of 97 of the pamphlets originally published as the University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers; some have been rev. and updated. The supplements cover writers not included in the original series.

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

0684136627

OCLC:

321037538