American Literature

Contents

Unit I: Short Fiction

A. Orientation

B. Text

1. The Purloined Letter

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Characters in the Story

1.3 Summary of the Story

1.4 Question Answers

2. Dry September

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Summary of the story

2.3 Question Answers

Unit II: Poetry

1. Walt Whitman

Study of the Prescribed Poems

1. Walt Whitman

Introductory

Summary of the Poem

2. Emily Dickinson

3. Robert Frost

4. Ezra Pound

5. Carl Sandburg

Unit III: Novel

1. The Bluest Eye

Main Characters in the Novel

Brief Summary of the Novel

Unit IV: Drama

1. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

I. About the Author

II. About the Play

III. The Title of the Play

IV. Characters in the Play

V. The Story of the Play in Brief

VI. Actwise Summary of the Play