Author : Bobby Ellen Kimbel
Publisher : Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780810345560
Profiles more than thirty American short-story writers from the period 1880-1910, presenting primary and secondary bibliographies and illustrated biographical essays that chronicle each writer's career in detail.
Author : Bobby Ellen Kimbel
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 1989
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Author : Bobby Ellen Kimbel
Publisher : Detroit : Gale Research Incorporated
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 35,53 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780810345829
Essays on American short-story writers published in the years between 1910 and the end of World War II, with a primary focus on the growth and popularity of works of fiction.
Author : Julie Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 32,64 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317954211
This collection of original and classic essays examines the contributions that female authors have made to the short story. The introductory chapter discusses why genre critics have ignored works by women and why feminist scholars have ignored the short story genre. Subsequent chapters discuss early stories by such authors as Lydia Maria Child and Rose Terry Cooke. Others are devoted to the influences (race, class, sexual orientation, education) that have shaped women's short fiction through the years. Women's special stylistic, formal and thematic concerns are also discussed in this study. The final essay addresses the ways our contemporary creative-writing classes are stifling the voices of emerging young female authors. The collection includes an extensive five-part bibliography.
Author : Larry G. Hinman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 26,99 MB
Release : 2000-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0313091471
An outstanding research guide for undergraduate students of American literature, this best-selling book is essential when it comes to researching American authors. Bracken and Hinman identify and describe the best and most current sources, both in print and online, for nearly 300 American writers whose works are included in the most frequently used literary anthologies. Students will know exactly what information is available and where to find it.
Author : Patrick Meanor
Publisher : Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 28,71 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Focuses on how the declining market for short-story writers after World War II saw the migration of these writers to universities where they not only continued to write, but established creative writing classes that would in turn inspire and develop new generations of writers of various genres.
Author : Patrick Kiaran Dooley
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 39,51 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780252063909
In spite of an extensive secondary literature that bristles with philosophical labels concerning his 'outlook, ' Stephen Crane's philosophy has been virtually ignored. Patrick Dooley's systematic examination of all Crane's writings-novels, sketches, short stories, news dispatches, and poems, whether famous or previously ignored-discloses coherent but subtle metaphysical, epistemological, social, and ethical positions. Dooley provides a sustained, direct discussion of Crane's philosophy and offers vivid depictions of fundamental philosophical issues.
Author : Helen Killoran
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781571131010
Ironically, now that she is becoming recognized as a Modernist by some, and as perhaps the greatest American writer of her generation, the criticism often obfuscates more than it reveals. The reasons reside in critics' loyalties to various theoretical approaches, the objectivity of which are often compromised by political hopes. This volume not only traces and analyzes the development of Whartonian literary criticism in its historical and political contexts, but also allows Edith Wharton, herself a literary critic, to respond to various concepts through the author's deductions and extrapolations from Wharton's own words.
Author : Matt Cardin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1004 pages
File Size : 22,26 MB
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
This two-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of horror literature that spans its deep history, dominant themes, significant works, and major authors, such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Anne Rice, as well as lesser-known horror writers. Many of today's horror story fans—who appreciate horror through movies, television, video games, graphic novels, and other forms—probably don't realize that horror literature is not only one of the most popular types of literature but one of the oldest. People have always been mesmerized by stories that speak to their deepest fears. Horror Literature through History shows 21st-century horror fans the literary sources of their favorite entertainment and the rich intrinsic value of horror literature in its own right. Through profiles of major authors, critical analyses of important works, and overview essays focused on horror during particular periods as well as on related issues such as religion, apocalypticism, social criticism, and gender, readers will discover the fascinating early roots and evolution of horror writings as well as the reciprocal influence of horror literature and horror cinema. This unique two-volume reference set provides wide coverage that is current and compelling to modern readers—who are of course also eager consumers of entertainment. In the first section, overview essays on horror during different historical periods situate works of horror literature within the social, cultural, historical, and intellectual currents of their respective eras, creating a seamless narrative of the genre's evolution from ancient times to the present. The second section demonstrates how otherwise unrelated works of horror have influenced each other, how horror subgenres have evolved, and how a broad range of topics within horror—such as ghosts, vampires, religion, and gender roles—have been handled across time. The set also provides alphabetically arranged reference entries on authors, works, and specialized topics that enable readers to zero in on information and concepts presented in the other sections.
Author : Victor M. Linoff
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 23,45 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780486407203
Excellent reprint of rare 1938 catalog contains hundreds of illustrated items advertising everything from Bickmore's Gall Cure, wool blankets, and rawhide hackamores to Ding skirts, saddle bags, and angora chaps.
