Editors Bryer (U. of Maryland) and Kopley (Pennsylvania State U.) offer a compilation of scholarly writings on the works, stories, and letters (published and unpublished) of noted American
authors. The volume includes articles on Emerson, Poe, Hawthorne, Woolson, O'Neill, and Cheever, as well as reviews on authors including Thoreau, Samuel Clemens, Hemingway, Lewis, and Michener.
The book also includes chapters on the correspondence of several authors, bibliographic reviews, reviews on books on literary history, and essays on writing by British and American women. This
book will interest both scholars and students of literature and literary history. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
