American Fiction 1865 1940

Author : Brian Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781315504919

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American Fiction 1865 - 1940 by Brian Lee Pdf

Brian Lee's study of American fiction from 1865 to 1940 draws on a wealth of material by, amongst others, Twain, James, Dreiser, Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Faulkner. Though the works of these writers have been closely scrutinised by postwar critics in Europe and America, few attempts have yet been made to utilise the new critical approaches and theories in the service of literary history. Brian Lee does so in this book, relating the writers of the period - both major and minor - to its patterns of immense economic, social and intellectual change.

Author : Michael J. Marcuse
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 2816 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780520321878

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A Reference Guide for English Studies by Michael J. Marcuse Pdf

Author : Brian Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : American fiction
ISBN : OCLC:1028032868

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American Fiction 1865-1940. [Mit Tab.] (1. Publ.) by Brian Lee Pdf

Author : Tony Hilfer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317871255

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American Fiction Since 1940 by Tony Hilfer Pdf

In this remarkable book, Tony Hilfer provides a major survey of the wealth of post-war American fiction. He analyses the major modes and genres of writing, from realist to postmodernist metafiction and black humour, the fiction of social protest, women's writing, and the traditions of African-American, Southern and Jewish-American fiction. Key writers discussed include William Faulkner, Norman Mailer, Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, Vladimir Nabokov and Joyce Carol Oates. The book concludes by exploring contemporary trends through detailed case-studies of Donald Barthelme and Toni Morrison.

Author : Robert Paul Lamb,G. R. Thompson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405178310

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A Companion to American Fiction, 1865 - 1914 by Robert Paul Lamb,G. R. Thompson Pdf

A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. An exceptionally broad-ranging and accessible Companion to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century Brings together 29 essays by top scholars, each of which presents a synthesis of the best research and offers an original perspective Divided into sections on historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors Covers a mixture of canonical and the non-canonical themes, authors, literatures, and critical approaches Explores innovative topics, such as ecological literature and ecocriticism, children’s literature, and the influence of Darwin on fiction

Author : Brian Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:854801776

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American fiction by Brian Lee Pdf

Author : Robert Lawson-Peebles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317870371

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American Literature Before 1880 by Robert Lawson-Peebles Pdf

American Literature Before 1880 attempts to place its subject in the broadest possible international perspective. It begins with Homer looking westward, and ends with Henry James crossing the Atlantic eastwards. In between, the book examines the projection of images of the East onto an as-yet unrecognised West; the cultural consequences of Viking, Colombian, and then English migration to America; the growth and independence of the British American colonies; the key writers of the new Republic; and the development of the culture of the United States before and after the Civil War. It is intended both as an introduction for undergraduates to the richness and variety of American Literature, and as a contribution to the debate about its distinctive nature. The book therefore begins with a lengthy survey of earlier histories of American Literature.

Author : Richard Gray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 933 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444345681

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A History of American Literature by Richard Gray Pdf

Updated throughout and with much new material, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. The most comprehensive and up-to-date history of American literature available today Covers fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as other forms of literature including folktale, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller, and science fiction Explores the plural character of American literature, including the contributions made by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writers Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past?thirty years Situates American literature in the contexts of American history, politics and society Offers an invaluable introduction to American literature for students at all levels, academic and general readers

Author : Ed. Satish K. Gupta
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171566944

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American Fiction In PerspectiveContemporary Essays by Ed. Satish K. Gupta Pdf

The Book Contains Well Researched Articles By Scholars From Indian Universities. The Articles Offer A Comprehensive View Of What American Fiction Has Been Like During The Last Hundred Years Or So. American Culture, Society, Family, Cities Of Blacks And Whites Have Been Variously Framed Into The Narrative Art Form By A Galaxy Of Talented American Novelists : Mark Twain, Henry James, Theodore Dreiser, Faulkner, Hemingway, Saul Bellow, Salinger, Norman Mailer, John Barth, Thomas Pynchon, Ernest J. Gaines, Among Others. The Editor Has Adopted A Chronological Approach And The Emphasis In Articles Has Fallen Upon Providing A Synoptic View Of American Fiction Rather Than Giving A Historical Account Of It. The Approaches Covered Here Are Multi-Disciplinary As Well As Intertextual. The Reader, Teacher And Scholar Should Find The Book Full Of Fresh Insights.

Author : David Ian Rabey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317875390

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English Drama Since 1940 by David Ian Rabey Pdf

English Drama Since 1940 considers the bids of successive post-war dramatists to find language and images of remorseless disclosure, appropriate to the public manifestation of sensed crisis and the interrogation of the ideal of renewal. This book introduces the period and its discourse whilst redefining them, to give proper consideration to developments of themes, styles, concerns and contexts from the 80s to the present. The book offers succinct and analytical introductions to the work of 60 dramatists, whilst arguing for (re)appraisal of many dates critical perspectives, in order to stimulate further argument in the field.

Author : Katherine Skaris
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527514270

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Affective Labour in British and American Women’s Fiction, 1848-1915 by Katherine Skaris Pdf

This volume is a comprehensive and transatlantic literary study of women’s nineteenth-and-twentieth-century fiction. Firstly, it introduces and explores the concept of women’s affective labour, and examines literary representations of this work in British and American fiction written by women between 1848 and 1915. Secondly, it revives largely ignored texts by the “scribbling women” of Britain and America, such as Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Mona Caird, and Mary Hunter Austin, and rereads established authors, such as Elizabeth Gaskell, Kate Chopin, and Edith Wharton, to demonstrate how all these works provide valuable insights into women’s lives in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Finally, by adopting the lens of affective labour, the study explores the ways in which women were portrayed as striving for self-fulfilment through forms of emotional, mental, and creative endeavours that have not always been fully appreciated as ‘work’ in critical accounts of nineteenth-and-twentieth-century fiction.

Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781136596490

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Jewish American Literature since 1945 by Stephen Wade Pdf

Jewish American writing is an exciting and controversial genre within post-war literature. Jewish American Literature since 1945 offers a student guide to the major writers, their key works, and their cultural and philosophical backgrounds. The theoretical underpinnings of the literature--including the postmodern, the masternarrative and metafiction--are also introduced in an accessible form. The themes, issues and philosophies of key writers such as Saul Bellow, Erica Jong, Arthur Miller, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, and Isaac Bashevis Singer are inter-related, and wider literary and historical topics are explained.

Author : Jean Chothia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781315504209

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English Drama of the Early Modern Period 1890-1940 by Jean Chothia Pdf

The period 1890-1940 was a particularly rich and influential phase in the development of modern English theatre: the age of Wilde and Shaw and a generation of influential actors and managers from Irving and Terry to Guilgud and Olivier. Jean Chothia's study is in two parts beginning with a portrait of the period, setting the narrative context and considering the dramatic social and cultural changes at work during this time. It then focuses on some of the main themes in the theatre, from Shaw and comedy, to the rise of political and radio drama, providing an interpretative framework for the period. This volume will be of great benefit to students and academics of English literature and drama, as it covers the work of the major dramatists of the period as well as considering the dramatic output of literary figures, such as James, Eliot and Lawrence.

Author : Mark Hawkins-Dady
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135314170

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Reader's Guide to Literature in English by Mark Hawkins-Dady Pdf

Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.

Author : Neil Corcoran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317902362

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English Poetry Since 1940 by Neil Corcoran Pdf

Neil Corcoran's book is a major survey and interpretation of modern British poetry since 1940, offering a wealth of insights into poets and their work and placing them in a broader context of poetic dialogue and cultural exchange. The book is organised into five main parts, beginning with a consideration of the late Modernism of T. S. Eliot and W. H. Auden and ranging, decade by decade, from the poetry of the Second World War and the `New Romanticism' of Dylan Thomas to the Movement, the poetry of Northern Ireland, the variety of contemporary women's poetry and the diversity of the contemporary scene. The book will be especially useful for students as it includes detailed and lively readings of works by such poets as Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney and Philip Larkin.