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Supernatural Detectives 4 focuses on two early female psychic
detectives. It includes the six Shiela Crerar stories, following
her adventures with the otherworldly, whether ghost, werewolf, or
other supernatural creature. It also includes the full-length
novel, The Undying Monster (1922), featuring the "Supersensitive"
Luna Bartendale, where her intelligence, intuition, and courage are
put to the test as she confronts a cruel and bestial creature that
haunts the lineage of an old family.
For many years, America cherished its image as a Golden Door for
the world's oppressed. But during the Progressive Era, mounting
racial hostility along with new national legislation that imposed
strict restrictions on immigration began to show the nation in a
different light. The literature of this period reflects the
controversy and uncertainty that abounded regarding the meaning of
""American."" Literary output participated in debates about
restriction, assimilation, and whether the idea of the ""Melting
Pot"" was worth preserving. Writers advocated - and also challenged
- what emerged as a radical new way of understanding the nation's
ethnic and racial identity: cultural pluralism.From these debates
came such novels as Willa Cather's ""My Antonia"" and Upton
Sinclair's ""The Jungle"". Henry James, Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
and Carl Sandburg added to the diversity of viewpoints of native
born Americans while equally divergent immigrant perspectives were
represented by writers such as Anzia Yezierska, Kahlil Gibran, and
Claude McKay. This anthology presents the writing of established
authors of the period, among others less well known, to show the
many ways literature participated in shaping the face of
immigration. The volume also includes an introduction, annotations,
a timeline, and historical documents that contextualize the
literature.
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