AMERICAN LITERATURE 4

Includes lessons on poems, fiction, and nonfiction, as well as on the vibrant world of musical theater and the emerging popularity of graphic narratives. Students encounter the spectacular innovations of E. E. Cummings, as well as work by such recognized greats as W.H. Auden, Theodore Roethke, and Wallace Stevens. They also experience the literary revolution of the Beat Generation. They meet prose pieces by men and women of diverse cultural backgrounds. They also observe the way contemporary writers often merge genres; fiction and nonfiction overlap, as do poetry and prose.

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