The examined life : family-community-work in American literature / by Jim Wayne Miller, institute presenter ; Karen Lohr, editor and project coordinator
Introduction / Jim Wayne Miller -- Family -- "The oldest unit in the world" : the family in American life and literature / Jim Wayne Miller -- Participant reflections : family -- The theme of family in Hamlet and The sound and the fury / Barbara Benson -- A family in crisis : a unit of study of James Agee's A death in the family / Patricia B. Chastain -- Bringing characters to life / Stan Coss -- Community -- "Members of each other" : community in American life and literature / Jim Wayne Miller -- Participant reflections : community -- Explore cultural values in your own community through literature / Jo Buckner -- Community in Nathaniel Hawthorne's work / Sherrie Hartsoe -- Work -- "A busy multitude" : work in American life and literature -- Participant reflections : work -- Out of work / Louis H. Palmer III -- Bibliography of supplemental works -- Further readings -- Critical readings of American thought
