Each volume in this concise set profiles between six and ten widely read and studied authors selected according to their backgrounds and writings. Forewords, written by experts in literature, offer readers an overview of each individual author and place the writers in a larger, historical context.Profiles: -- Willia Cather-- Kate Chopin-- Carson McCullers-- Joyce Carol Oates-- Flannery O"Connor-- Katherine Anne Porter-- Gertrude Stein-- Anne Tyler-- Eudora Welty-- Edith Wharton.