Seven modern American novelists : an introduction /

Writers in transition : seven Americans / by Morgan, H. Wayne (Howard Wayne)

Table of Contents: “…Stephen Crane: the ironic hero -- Edith Wharton: the novelist of manners and morals -- Ellen Glasgow: the qualities of endurance -- Willa Cather: the artist's quest -- Sherwood Anderson: the search for unity -- Hart Crane: spokesman of vision -- Thomas Wolfe: the web of memory…”

Native sons : a critical study of twentieth century negro american authors / by Margolies, Edward

Table of Contents: “…Perspectives -- The first forty years: 1900-1940 -- Migration: William Attaway and Blood on the forge -- Richard Wright: Native son and three kinds of revolution -- Race and sex: the novels of Chester Himes -- The Negro church: James Baldwin and the Christian vision -- History as blues: Ralph Ellison's Invisible man -- The new nationalism: Malcolm X -- The expatriate as novelist: William Demby -- Prospects: LeRoi Jones?…”

From Jane Austen to Joseph Conrad : essays collected in memory of James T. Hillhouse /

Table of Contents: “…Dahl -- Thackeray, a novelist by accident / by J. Y. T. Greig -- A note on Dickens' humor / by D. …”