100 Great American Novels You've (Probably) Never Read by Karl Bridges

100 Great American Novels You've (Probably) Never Read by Karl Bridges

From Elizabeth Stoddard's The Morgesons and Anzia Yzierska's The Bread Givers to Laurie Colwin's Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object and Chet Raymo's The Dork of Cork, here are some of the forgotten gems of American literature. Bridges has compiled a diverse list of 100 American novels published between 1797 and 1997 and worthy of the title great. Although the idea is to bring light to the obscure, these titles are physically accessible to readers—either in print, or represented in library collections and available through library loan. For each title, he provides a brief quotation from the book, a plot summary and review commentary, a biographical sketch of the author, a list of the author's other publications, and resources to consult for further information. Intended as a ready reference, this guide will be of particular interest to readers' advisors, and faculty and students of American literature.

"Unlike other such lists...this collection includes novels written during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries....Bridges takes a broad definition of American, in some cases including authors of other nationalities who lived and wrote in the United States and in others American authors living and working abroad....A useful addition to public and undergraduate library collections." - Library Journal

Karl Bridges is Associate Professor, Reference Librarian/Bibliographic Instructor and Coordinator of Electronic Resources, Bailey/Howe Library, Department of Information and Instruction, University of Vermont, Burlington.

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ISBN 13	9781591581659
ISBN 10	1591581656
Title	100 Great American Novels You've (Probably) Never Read
Author	Karl Bridges
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	2007-09-01
Number of pages	264
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