Not every library or English classroom can afford the 13-vol. "American Writers." Scribners has collected 64 of the most requested, curriculum-related articles in a 3-vol. set that is within the reach of virtually every library in America. The original articles and their bibliographies are printed here exactly as they appeared in "American Writers. "(Eighteen of the 64 articles included were published as "American Writers Retrospective Supplement" in 1997.)