Discusses the web of formal and informal military, political, economic, and cultural relationships that linked the destinies of the Scandinavian countries with the US during the Cold War and beyond,
In his writings, JosT Vasconcelos (1882-1959), a leading Mexican intellectual, turned his analytical eye to Latin culture and heritage. This study of his writing examines Vasconcelos as writer, social
In this reassessment of a little studied decade, J. David Hoeveler, Jr., finds that the sense of detachment and dislocation that characterizes the postindustrial society serves as a paradigm for Ameri
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
39 previously published and original reminiscences, reviews, and critical essays about Price, author of A Long and Happy Life , The Surface of Earth , and Kate Vaiden . Contributors include Toni M
Provides biographical material and an analysis of some dozen important texts, emphasizing those about the Klondike and the Pacific, his stories of social realism, and his fictional experimentation. A
Introduces Margaret Atwood's major literary works, focusing on central themes addressed in her novels, her use of paradoxes and storytelling, and her characters.
A study of Rand's 1943 masterpiece, delving into both the novel and her theory of individualism, called objectivism. Analysis concentrates on Rand's concern with the power of individualism and self-ex
Begins with analyses of Stegner's short fiction in the order and context of his storybook life--from early stories set in Saskatchewan to Robert Frost-influenced Vermont stories, to the West and trave
An introduction to the career and thought of a writer who helped define American literature in the first half of the 20th century. Places him in the historical context of his times and considers artis
O'Dell (1898-1989) is best known as the author of historical fiction for children, beginning with his 1960 Island of the Blue Dolphins . Russell (languages and literature, Ferris State U., Michigan)
With Jean Rhys: A Study of the Short Fiction, Cheryl Alexander Malcolm and David Malcolm provide the first full-length critical analysis of Rhys's contributions to the short story genre. Maintaining t
French, a past president of the John Steinbeck Society, places Steinbeck in the modernist tradition and asserts that Steinbeck's fiction of the 1930s exemplifies the ironic mode of the modernism of th
Bypassing the popular notion of him as a sports writer because of his 1972 End Zone , critics and literary scholars examine the novels of the contemporary US writer. In addition to 11 reprinted revie
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 November 1969 tens of thousands of demonstrators converged on Washington, D.C., to protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam. For four days they marched, sang, and made speeches calling for an end to the
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
A study of one of Freud's most widely read but least discussed works, exploring connections between his philosophical views on the human condition and the substance and development of his theory. Sepa
Contains 12 contributions which address the cultural significance and social consequences of the emigration of Victorian women to the colonies and dominions of the British Empire. Topics range from t
With its theme of autonomy and independence, Virginia Woolf's 1929 essay A Room of One's Own has become part of our modern cultural vocabulary. It was the first literary history of women writers and t
Contains 32 newly commissioned and reprinted essays and articles addressing the work of novelist, poet, and critic Kingsley Amis (1922- 1995). Contributors include Paul Fussell, Robert H. Bell, John
Quinones (English and comparative literature, Claremont McKenna College) considers the Commedia in the context of Dante's changeful public career and as the product of his evolving thought and poetic
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
Considers major developments in the US affecting children and traces the social construction of childhood during the years between WWI and WWII. Contains chapters on expansion of education, the US Chi
Two sociologists probe the grey areas, as it were, in the black-and-white picture of the white separatist movement. Dobratz (sociology, Iowa State U.) and Shanks-Meile (sociology, Indiana University
Appraises and appreciates the work of Australian poet Hope (b. 1907), who has received national and international acclaim, but is little known in the US. Argues that his lack of popularity has been du
In the four pieces gathered in her 1962 collection, Tell Me a Riddle - "I Stand Here Ironing," "Hey Sailor, What Ship?" "O Yes," and the title piece - and in the 1970 story "Requa I," Olsen addresses
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
