The Indian proverb that inspired the title of Rumer Godden's third (and, to date, final) memoir, published in 1989, likens people to houses with four rooms, each of which represents a primary aspect o
In this volume Mary Ann Caws revisits her 1974 treatise on Breton, but adopts a fresh approach; she considers different essays, concentrates on new aspects of Breton's works, and takes a new point of
In this colorful, lively analysis of selected African literature for young people, Osayimwense Osa focuses on Anglophone countries - Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mala
In his acceptance speech for the 1978 Nobel Prize for Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer spoke of children as the ideal literary audience. His comments bespoke his own commitment, in the final years of
Perhaps the single best-known and most highly regarded African-American writer of his time, Langston Hughes (1902-1967) has left a profound mark on American letters. Taking the environment of urban bl
In Wendell Berry, the first publication devoted exclusively to the author, Andrew J. Angyal offers a comprehensive examination of Berry's entire career. Well organized and comprehensive in scope, the
Describes the American essayist's three children's novels, analyzing the works and their impressions on critics, as well as the author's beliefs about children's literature
Traces the evolution of film director Bertolucci's career and art from the appearance of The Grim Reaper in 1962 to the release of Little Buddha in 1994. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotatio
The first book-length study of the southern writer who has published six novels and three collections of short stories, most set in North Carolina and depicting blue-collar workers and middle-class pe
A collection of early reviews, critical essays, and modern scholarship on the work of a US writer of the "lost generation," by authors including William Carlos Williams, Katherine Anne Porter, and Mal
