The 100 greatest masterpieces of American literature

"In her perceptive introduction to this edition, Irene Diggs sets this classic autobiography against its broad historical context and critically analyzes its theoretical and methodological significance."--Provided by publisher.

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"The story of an endearing unlikely friendship set against the backdrop of a remote and beautiful Maine coastal town, The Country of the Pointed Firs is one of Sarah Orne Jewett's most loved works, and it quickly earned her a reputation as a talented writer upon its publication. Praised by Alice Brown for its "idyllic atmosphere of country life," Jewett's novel shows her intimate understanding of New England and its unique inhabitants, whose prickly exteriors often concealed a warm and loyal nature.". "This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes four additional Dunnet Landing stories: "The Queen's Twin," "A Dunnet Shepherdess," "The Foreigner," and "William's Wedding.""--BOOK JACKET.

"Harold Bloom's Centenary critical essay is a full-scale analysis of Crane's achievement. Bloom emphasizes Crane's creative agon with T. S. Eliot's work, which Crane could neither evade nor accept." "The introduction also examines the positive relation of Crane's poetic stance to the heroic example of Walt Whitman, Crane's chosen precursor, together with Emily Dickinson.". "Defending the unity of The Bridge, Bloom analyzes the "Proem: To Brooklyn Bridge" and the concluding section, "Atlantis." He also gives particular emphasis to Crane's last great poem, "The Broken Tower.""--BOOK JACKET.

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Prufrock: 1917 : The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock ; Portrait of a lady ; Preludes ; Rhapsody on a windy night ; Morning at the window ; The Boston Evening Transcript ; Aunt Helen ; Cousin Nancy ; Mr. Apollinax ; Hysteria ; Conversation Galante ; La Figlia che Piange -- Poems: 1920. Gerontion ; Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a cigar ; Sweeney erect ; A cooking egg ; Le directeur ; Mélange adultère de tout ; Lune de Miel ; The hippopotamus ; Dans le restaurant ; Whispers of immortality ; Mr. Eliot's Sunday morning service ; Sweeney among the nightingales -- The Waste Land: 1922 : The burial of the dead ; A game of chess ; The fire sermon ; Death by water ; What the thunder said ; Notes on 'The Waste Land' -- The hollow men: 1925 -- Ash Wednesday: 1930 : Because I do not hope to turn again ; Lady, three white leopards sat under a juniper-tree ; At the first turning of the second stair ; Who walked between the violet and the violet ; If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spent ; Although I do not hope to turn again -- Ariel poems : Journey of the Magi, 1927 ; A song for Simeon, 1928 ; Animula, 1929 ; Marina, 1930 ; The cultivation of Christmas trees, 1954 -- Unfinished poems : Sweeney Agonistes ; Fragment of a prologue ; Fragment of an agon ; Coriolan ; Triumphal march, 1931 ; Difficulties of a statesman -- Minor poems : Eyes that last I saw in tears ; The wind sprang up at four o'clock ; Five-finger exercises ; Lines to a Persian cat ; Lines to a Yorkshire terrier ; Lines to a duck in the park ; Lines to Ralph Hodgson Esqre. ; Lines for Cuscuscaraway and Mirza Murad Ali Beg ; Landscapes ; New Hampshire ; Virginia ; Usk ; Rannoch, by Glencoe ; Cape Ann ; Lines for an old man -- Choruses from "The Rock": 1934 : The eagle soars in the summit of heaven ; Thus your fathers were made ; The word of the Lord came unto me, saying ; There are those who would build the temple ; O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart ; It is hard for those who have never known persecution ; In the beginning God created the world ; O Father we welcome your words ; Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears ; You have seen the house build, you have seen it adorned -- Four quartets : Burnt Norton, 1935 ; East Coker, 1940 ; The dry salvages, 1941 ; Little Gidding, 1942 -- Occasional verses : Defense of the islands ; A note on war poetry ; To the Indians who died in Africa ; To Walter de la Mare ; A dedication to my wife.

James Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945, The Thurber Carnival captures the depth of his talent and the breadth of his wit. The stories compiled here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker, are from his uproarious and candid collection My World and Welcome to It--including the American classic "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"--as well as from The Owl in the Attic, The Seal in the Bathroom, Men, Women and Dogs. Thurber's take on life, society, and human nature is timeless and will continue to delight readers even as they recognize a bit of themselves in his brilliant sketches.