Contents xiii
WILLIAM FAULKNER (1897-1962) 1334
The Evening Sun 1336
A Rose for Emily 1347
LANGSTON HUGHES (1902-1967) 1354
The Negro Speaks of Rivers 1355
The Weary Blues 1355
Young Gal's Blues 1356
I, Too 1357
Note on Commercial Theatre 1357
Dream Boogie 1358
Harlem 1359
Theme for English B 1359
On the Road 1360
JOHN STEINBECK (1902- 1968) 1363
Flight 1364
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER (1890- 1980) 1377
Flowering Judas 1378
The Literature of the Twentieth Century (1945 to Present) 1387
EUDORA WELTY (1909-2001) 1400
Death of a Traveling Salesman 1401
RICHARD WRIGHT (1908-1960) 1410
FROM Eight Men
The Man Who Was Almost a Man 1411
RALPH ELLISON (1914- 1994) 1420
FROM Invisible Man 1420