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© Paul P Reuben Ph.D.
Professor of English, Emeritus       Department of English          California State University, Stanislaus

Updated: July 8, 2026             EMail: PReuben@csustan.edu

Tell all the truth but tell it slant -
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth’s superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind - (Fr1263)

Tell It Slant Poetry Festival 2026 Schedule
September 21-27

| Alphabetical List 462 American Author Pages: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T UV W Y Z |

Table of Contents

Chapters

| Chapter 1: Early American Lit to 1700 | Chapter 2: Early American Lit 1700-1800 | Chapter 3: 19th Century Romanticism | Chapter 4: 19th Century Transcendentalism | Chapter 5: Late 19th Century Realism | Chapter 6: Late 19th Century Naturalism | Chapter 7: Early 20th Century and Modernism | Chapter 8: American Drama | Chapter 9: The Harlem Renaissance | Chapter 10: Late 20th Century and Postmodernism |

Appendices

Appendix A: Useful Resources for Research  Appendix B: Minorities and Women Studies:  African -American Studies  Native-American Studies  Asian-American Studies   Gay & Lesbian Studies   Hispanic & Mexican-American Studies  Jewish-American Studies  Women Studies  Appendix C: American Fiction  Appendix D: Writing Assignments  Appendix E: The Theme of Alienation and Initiation and the Immigrant Experience  Appendix F: Elements of Poetry   Appendix G: Elements of Fiction   Appendix H: Elements of Drama   Appendix I: The MLA Style   Appendix J: Research Topics   Appendix K: American Literary History & Theory   Appendix L: The Frontier in American Literature  Appendix M: Film Criticism and American Literature   Appendix N: American Gothic in Literature   Appendix O: Selected Studies in American Poetry   Appendix P: American Literature and California   Appendix Q: American Folklore  Appendix R: American Humor, Satire, and Wit   Appendix S: The American Dream   Appendix T: Manifest Destiny   Appendix U: Nature, Ecocriticism, & Ecofeminism   Appendix V: The American City in Literature and Culture  | Appendix W: The Changing American Landscape | Appendix X: Contemporary Adoptions of Early American Texts, Authors | Appendix Y: Sympathy in American Literature |

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