Nathaniel Hawthorne:
* "The Novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne." This comprehensive study is considered a seminal work on Hawthorne's fiction.
* "Nathaniel Hawthorne: An Introduction and Interpretation." This book provides an accessible overview of Hawthorne's life and work.
* "A Historical Dictionary of Nathaniel Hawthorne." This reference work offers detailed information about Hawthorne's life, works, and literary context.
Herman Melville:
* "Herman Melville." This book offers a critical analysis of Melville's major works.
* "The Novels of Herman Melville." This book explores the themes and techniques of Melville's fiction.
Other Works:
* "The American Short Story." A study of the development of the American short story.
* "Realism and Naturalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature." This book examines the emergence and evolution of these literary movements.
* "Twentieth-Century American Literary Criticism." A critical analysis of the major movements and figures in 20th-century literary criticism.
Pizer was also a prolific writer of essays and articles on American literature, and his work has been widely published in scholarly journals and anthologies.
Note: While Pizer's work is primarily focused on American literature, he also wrote about other topics, including modernism and the history of literary criticism.