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1) Octavio Paz
Author
Series
Twayne's world authors series. Latin American literature volume TWAS 783
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Octavio Paz.
Author
Series
Twayne's world authors series. Latin American literature volume TWAS 809
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Machado de Assis.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"When I got there, it was all still and Sunday-like, and hot and sunshiny; the hands was gone to the fields, and there was them kind of faint dronings of bugs and flies in the air that makes it seem so lonesome and like everybody's dead and gone."--Back cover
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who is the author behind your most beloved American classic? This title takes a look into Emily Dickinson's life, including significant events, influences, and most remembered works. Dickinson, who lived a surprisingly introverted and reclusive life, is remembered as a great American poet who was influenced greatly by the works of Wordsworth and Emerson. Special features include sidebars, infographics, on-page definitions, online search sidebar, further...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who is the author behind your most beloved American classic? This title takes a look into Langston Hughes's life, including significant events, influences, and most remembered works. Hughes-poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist-is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. Special features include sidebars, infographics, on-page definitions, online search sidebar, further evidence sidebar and primary sources. This...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who is the author behind your most beloved American classic? This title takes a look into Louisa May Alcott's life, including significant events, influences, and most remembered works. Alcott is remembered for her renowned novel Little Women, which was based loosely off of her adventurous childhood. Special features include sidebars, infographics, on-page definitions, online search sidebar, further evidence sidebar and primary sources. This title...
7) Mark Twain
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who is the author behind your most beloved American classic? This title takes a look into Mark Twain's life, including significant events, influences, and most remembered works. Twain is best known for authoring The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its famous sequel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Special features include sidebars, infographics, on-page definitions, online search sidebar, further evidence sidebar and primary sources. This title also...
8) Robert Frost
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who is the author behind your most beloved American classic? This title takes a look into Robert Frost's life, including significant events, influences, and most remembered works. Frost is best known for his stunningly realistic descriptions of rural life and for winning the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Special features include sidebars, infographics, on-page definitions, online search sidebar, further evidence sidebar and primary sources. This title...
9) Walt Whitman
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who is the author behind your most beloved American classic? This title takes a look into Walt Whitman's life, including significant events, influences, and most remembered works. Whitman was an influential American poet who is responsible for the famous poetry collection Leaves of Grass. Special features include sidebars, infographics, on-page definitions, online search sidebar, further evidence sidebar and primary sources. This title also includes...
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Language
English
Description
John Isaac Jones's new biographical novel on Samuel Langhorne Clemens, A/K/A Mark Twain, brings the fascinating life of America's most famous humorist to you in vivid, captivating detail. His time – 1840s-1910 America. Wagon trains moving west; California gold rush; telegraph invented; War between the States; Lincoln assassinated; the golden spike; Custer massacred; the trail of tears; invention of electric light, the telephone and the automobile;...
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