American Authors Plus: Native American Authors

The earliest Native American writers wrote tribal histories or autobiographical accounts. Today, Native American writing is steeped in the oral traditions of many peoples and reflects a facility with language that is equally at home in prose or poetry. "Native American Literatures" is a sourcebook that can enhance any reader's appreciation of both the writers and their works. Cross referencing allows readers to move easily among the listings, guiding them to other examples of an author's works and from character to character within a given novel.

"This multivolume encyclopedia is the first reference work that seeks to offer a comprehensive introduction to a spectacularly diverse range of ethnic American writing."

Identities and Issues in Literature concentrates on how great social change can be traced in the literature of North America. Its three volumes explore authors, works and subjects related to North American and World Literature. Topics covered include abortion and birth control, African American identity, appearance and identity, Asian American identity, Catholicism, diaries and journals, ethnic composition of universities, feminism, the Harlem Renaissance, the Korean War, mixed race and identity, Native American identity, popular culture, and violence.