American writers : a collection of literary biographies. Supplement V, Russell Banks to Charles Wright

Cover page......Page 1 Title Page......Page 3 ISBN 0684806258......Page 4 Editorial and Production Staff......Page 6 List of Subjects......Page 7 Introduction......Page 8 Contributors......Page 10 RUSSELL BANKS......Page 12 ANN BEATTIE......Page 32 ROBERT COOVER......Page 50 RICHARD FORD......Page 68 LOUISE GLÜCK......Page 88 A. R. GURNEY......Page 106 ERICA JONG......Page 124 STEPHEN KING......Page 148 MAXINE HONG KINGSTON......Page 168 PHILIP LEVINE......Page 188 PETER MATTHIESSEN......Page 210 LARRY McMURTRY......Page 230 TIM O'BRIEN......Page 248 CYNTHIA OZICK......Page 268 UPTON SINCLAIR......Page 286 ROBERT STONE......Page 306 PETER TAYLOR......Page 324 CHARLES WRIGHT......Page 342 Cumulative Index......Page 360 A collection of essays, averaging about 20 pages, that provide information about authors who have made significant contributions to American literature, each containing a brief biography, a survey of principle writings, an assessment of the subject's work as a whole, and a bibliography The four volume set consists of ninety-seven of the pamphlets originally published as the University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers. Some have been revised and updated