Literary themes for students : the American dream : examining diverse literature to understand and compare universal themes / Anne Marie Hacht, editor ; foreword by Margaret Brantley.

Other author Hacht, Anne Marie.
Format Book
Publication InfoDetroit : Thomson/Gale, 2007.
Description2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
American literature--History and criticism.
American literature--Themes, motives.
National characteristics, American, in literature.

SeriesLiterary themes for students
Literary themes for students. ^A758493
Contents Absalom, Absalom! / William Faulkner -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain -- ... And the earth did not devour him / Tomas Rivera -- Autobiography of my dead brother / Walter Dean Myers -- The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin / Benjamin Franklin -- The big money / John Dos Passos -- Black Elk speaks / John G. Neihardt -- Call it sleep / Henry Roth -- Cane / Jean Toomer -- Chronicle of the Narvaez expedition / Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca -- Common sense / Thomas Paine -- Daisy Miller / Henry James -- Death of a salesman / Arthur Miller -- The Declaration of Independence / Thomas Jefferson -- Elbow room / James Alan McPherson -- Finding my voice / Marie G. Lee -- Grapes of wrath / John Steinbeck -- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- House made of dawn / N. Scott Momaday -- John F. Kennedy's inaugural address / John F. Kennedy -- Little house on the prairie / Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2007005602
ISBN9781414404332 (set : alk. paper)
ISBN1414404336 (set : alk. paper)
ISBN9781414402857 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
ISBN1414402856 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
ISBN9781414402864 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
ISBN1414402864 (v. 2 : alk. paper)

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