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(Return to the English 2326 Table of Contents) (Return to the English 2326 Syllabus) Some of the most influential of all American writers emerge from the horrors of World War I. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby explores the emptiness of the American mega-rich. William Faulkner creates his own myth in his own imaginative wilderness of Yoknapatawpha County. Ernest Hemingway examines the ex-patriot disenfranchised from earlier American mythologies. Langston Hughes and Richard Wright spotlight the grim conditions of African-Americans in a racist Anglo society.
. Writing Assignment None . . Online Resources . previous week / next week . Click here to see a panorama of Rowan Oak, Faulkner's home in Oxford, Mississippi. and is maintained by Dr. Geoffrey Grimes. .  |
