The new Research Guide to American Literature is a series of handbooks for students that provides strategies for studying and writing about frequently taught literary topics. Each volume
contains dozens of study guides, each of which examines a particular work, author, movement, or theme, providing the necessary background information, suggesting fruitful areas of research, and
listing the best secondary sources.
American Modernism: 1914-1945 covers American literature during the time of war and economic depression in the first half of the 20th century. Topics covered include