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Top 10 Books About Slave Narratives
Slave narratives are an important part of American literature. Writers like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs helped to dispell many of the misconceptions of slavery, as they revealed personal experiences. These books tell their stories...

Top 10 Books About "Treasure Island"
"Treasure Island" is Robert Louis Stevenson's story about Jim Hawkins and his adventures with murderous pirates. Read about Long John Silver, and the rest of the pirate gang in this tale.

Top 10 Books About Writing Literature Essays
How do you write essays about literature? Where do you start? What do you include? How do you use literary theory in a literature paper? These books explore the complexity involved in writing about literature...

Top 10 Books By Zora Neale Hurston
(1891-1960) American writer. Zora Neale Hurston wrote stories, novels and folklore. Among her works are: "Jonah's Gourd Vine" (1934), "Mules and Men" (1935), "Tell My Horse" (1937), and "Their Eyes Were Watching God" (1937).

Top 10 Books About Zora Neale Hurston
(1891-1960) American writer. Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, playwright, and anthropologist. Hurston is an important figure in Harlem Renaissance literature, and is famous for "Their Eyes Are Watching God."

Top 10 Literary Calendars for 2003
Keep track of time the literary way... Each day is a new beginning, with lots of sayings and works of literature to speed you on your way.

Top 10 Books About Gustave Flaubert
(1821-1880) A French writer, Gustave Flaubert's most famous book, "Madame Bovary," was banned when it first appeared. These books explore the life and works of Gustave Flaubert, as well as his relationships with other famous French writers.

Top 10 Arthurian Myth and Legend
King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table appear in ancient myth and legend, but they've also managed to populate the fiction and poetry of more modern times. Read about the long history of the Arthurian legend.

Top 10 Captivity Narratives
Captivity narratives were popular in Colonial American Literature. Read about the exploits of Mary Rowlandson and other captives.

 
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