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Balancing Acts: Essays on the Teaching of Writing in Honor of William F. Irmscher
by Virginia A Chappell  Publisher Comments At a time when the study of composition seems especially prone to excess and imbalance—heading toward what could be a tyrannizing theoretical order—here is a call back to the center, to the concreteness of the teaching moment itself. In a...
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Evelyn Scott: Recovering a Lost Modernist
by Dorothy M Scura Publisher Comments Evelyn Scott was a significant literary figure in American letters of the 1920s and 1930s, an important contributor in the experimental forms and techniques of the modernist movement. She wrote and published in many genres -- the novel, short fiction...
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Encyclopedia of Apocalyptic Literature
by Valerie Zimbaro Book News Annotation Though fully cross-referenced and indexed, the content of this volume seems unnaturally shaped by the A-to-Z format; thematic chapters would make more sense. For example, the reader is directed to six different entries connected with James Baldwin and...
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A reader's guide to the twentieth-century novel
by Peter Parker Publisher Comments Can you remember what happens at the end of 1984? Or what triggered Quentin Compson's suicide in The Sound and the Fury? Perhaps you need to know who won the National Book Award in 1960, how many times the Booker Prize has been awarded to non-British...
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American Literary Magazines: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Discographies)
by Edward E. Chielens Publisher Comments "Recommended for academic and public reference collections...
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Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
by Oxford Publisher Comments From Jacques Derrida's differance to Henry James's ficelle, the vocabulary of literary theory and criticism can seem difficult if not opaque. Yet a grasp of these terms can often enhance our enjoyment and understanding of literature. To help clarify the...
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Checklist of Writings About John Dewey 1
by Jo Ann Boydston Publisher Comments Grown out of the process of planning and publishing Dewey’s collected works at the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University, this checklist provides the first exhaustive compilation of works about Dewey. It is an indispensable...
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The Cambridge Handbook of American Literature
by Cambridge Publisher Comments Comprising over 750 entries in a single alphabetical sequence, the 'Cambridge Handbook of American Literature' offers a compact and accessible guide to the major landmarks of American literature from colonial times to the present day....
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Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature
by Jean Albert Bede Publisher Comments With more than 1800 critical entries on the writers and literatures of 33 languages, this work presents the entire range of modern European writing -- from the symbolist and modernist works rooted in the last decades of the nineteenth century; through...
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American diversity, American identity :the lives and works of 145 writers who define the American experience
by John K Roth Book News Annotation A reference that focuses on the writers whose lives and works define the various aspects of American life. The volume is organized into 13 sections, each of which illustrates a particular aspect of American diversity, such as The West, The African...
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Oxford Companion To American Literat 6TH Edition
by James David Hart Publisher Comments For more than half a century, James D. Hart's The Oxford Companion to American Literature has been an unparalleled guide to America's literary culture, providing one of the finest resources to this country's rich history of great writers. Now this...
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George Steiner: A Reader
by George Steiner Publisher Comments As an incisive and provocative critic of literature, language, and culture, George Steiner has acquired an international reputation and a devoted following. "He scatters bright ideas everywhere," writes The New York Times Book Review, "and they are sure...
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New Literary History International Bibliography of Literary Theory & Criticism (1984-85)
by Ralph Cohen Book News Annotation The first of a projected annual compilation which will provide ready access to works on criticism and theory that have been published throughout the world. Arranged by language, with entries, (some annotated) grouped according to subject. Indexed by...
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From Archetype to Zeitgeist: An Essential Guide to Powerful Ideas
by Herbert R Kohl Book News Annotation Addiction isn't in here, but could be the consequence of opening this fascinating "toolbox" of today's most important intellectual terms--an understanding of which is essential to critical thinking. Organized by topic, each word is explained in a...
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American Writers Retrospective Supplement 1 (American Writers: Retrospective Supplement)
by A Walton Litz Publisher Comments This collection of critical and biographical articles covers notable authors from the 17th century to the present day....
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New York University Studies in Near Eastern Civilization #20: Dancing in Chains: The Youth of William Dean Howells
by Rodney D Olsen Publisher Comments "Dancing in Chains is far more than a sensitive biography (though it is surely that); it is also a model of psychologically informed social and cultural history. Olsen recognizes that psychic conflicts often play themselves out on a higher plane, that...
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The Columbia Granger's Index to African-American Poetry
by Nicholas Frankovich Publisher Comments Responding to the enormous interest in African-American literature, Columbia University Press is publishing a Granger's? index devoted exclusively to poetry by African-Americans. To compile the "Index to African-American Poetry," a team of consultants...
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Oxford Companion To English Lit 5TH Edition
by Margaret Drabble Publisher Comments Sir Paul Harvey's original Oxford Companion to English Literaure, published in 1932, was the book that began Oxford's celebrated Companion series. In its various editions in the half-century sincde then, it has enjoyed an enormously faithful following...
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Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature
by James David Hart Publisher Comments For nearly half a century, James D. Hart's Oxford Companion to American Literature has offered a matchless guided tour through American literary culture, both past and present. Hart now presents the first abridgement of the Companion in a paperback...
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Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction
by M C Rintoul Publisher Comments Fascinating and reliable, the "Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction is an illuminating source for all students and teachers of literature, and for all those interested in uncovering the facts behind the fiction they read. In a single...
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