But,he also said he had "every hope and eager belief" for the future of American literature.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

These difficulties place Poe's writing outside the main body of American literature.

VOA: special.2010.10.31

But those "nobodies" - long lost to history - are about to be recognized for their contributions to American literature with the publication of "Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

Danijel Djordjic wants to know who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

She was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

VOA: special.2010.11.14

General education classes include American history, anthropology,philosophy, literature and political science.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

Toni Morrison is among the few American Nobel Laureates for Literature.

VOA: special.2011.01.28

He said most American writers and readers were "still afraid of any literature which is not a glorification of everything American, a glorification of our faults as well as our virtues."

VOA: special.2009.03.13