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
Tom Quirk's study provides a comprehensive analysis of the comic genius and narrative originality that makes Mark Twain's short fiction a cornerstone of the American literary tradition. Quirk's presen
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
Examines in turn Brontd's life, her strategies for self-invention through the imaginary world of Gondal, her struggle with patriarchal literary tradition in her poetry and drawings, her critique of Vi
The blurring of the mundane and the horrible, perversions of the ordinary, visceral twistings of everyday life: such is the territory explored in much of Ian McEwan's fiction - works that have brought
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
A study of all of Farah's novels and plays that compares each individual text to his cumulative body of work in which one discovers a consistent theme: the complex relationship between individual auto
A story, Julio Cortazar claimed, is born in a sparkle, a thunderous strike of inspiration, and requires very little by way of processing. He considered literature the product of a spirit dictating its
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 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
