Huck Holden

Author : Christy Rishoi
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780791486887

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From Girl to Woman by Christy Rishoi Pdf

From Girl to Woman examines the coming-of-age narratives of a diverse group of American women writers, including Annie Dillard, Zora Neale Hurston, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Mary McCarthy, and explores the crucial role of such narratives in the development of American feminism. Women have long known that identity is complex and contradictory, but in the twentieth century their coming-of-age narratives finally voice this knowledge. Addressing a variety of themes—awakening sexuality, the body's metamorphosis in puberty, consciousness of difference from males, and the socialization into feminine gender roles—these narratives reject the heroine's narrative ending in romance, allowing American women writers to create alternative subjectivities by rejecting the notion that identity is ever fixed. While activists have succeeded in winning legal battles that have changed the legal status of women, these narratives perform the cultural work of exposing the painful contradictions faced by women as they come of age.

Author : Roberta S. Trites
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781587297700

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Twain, Alcott, and the Birth of the Adolescent Reform Novel by Roberta S. Trites Pdf

Trites argues that Twain and Alcott wrote on similar topics because they were so deeply affected by the Civil War, by cataclysmic emotional and financial losses in their families, by their cultural immersion in the tenets of Protestant philosophy, and by sexual tensions that may have stimulated their interest in writing for adolescents, Trites demonstrates how the authors participated in a cultural dynamic that marked the changing nature of adolescence in America, provoking a literary sentiment that continues to inform young adult literature. Both intuited that the transitory nature of adolescence makes it ripe for expression about human potential for change and reform.

Author : Richard Gray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444392463

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A Brief History of American Literature by Richard Gray Pdf

A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers a concise and up-to-date history of the full range of American writing from its origins until the present day. Represents the only up-to-date concise history of American literature Covers fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction, as well as looking at other forms of literature including folktales, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller and science fiction Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past twenty years Offers students an abridged version of History of American Literature, a book widely considered the standard survey text Provides an invaluable introduction to the subject for students of American literature, American studies and all those interested in the literature and culture of the United States

Author : Sarah Graham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134286553

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J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye by Sarah Graham Pdf

J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (1951) is a twentieth-century classic. Despite being one of the most frequently banned books in America, generations of readers have identified with the narrator, Holden Caulfield, an angry young man who articulates the confusion, cynicism and vulnerability of adolescence with humour and sincerity. This guide to Salinger’s provocative novel offers: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of The Catcher in the Rye a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present a selection of new critical essays on the The Catcher in the Rye, by Sally Robinson, Renee R. Curry, Denis Jonnes, Livia Hekanaho and Clive Baldwin, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism suggestions for further reading. Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of The Catcher in the Rye and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Salinger’s text.

Author : Harold Bloom,Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Caulfield, Holden (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 9781438119250

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J. D. Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye by Harold Bloom,Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom Pdf

Presents a collection of essays analyzing Salinger's The catcher in the rye, including a chronology of his works and life.

Author : Brian W. Shaffer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1581 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405192446

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The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction, 3 Volume Set by Brian W. Shaffer Pdf

This Encyclopedia offers an indispensable reference guide to twentieth-century fiction in the English-language. With nearly 500 contributors and over one million words, it is the most comprehensive and authoritative reference guide to twentieth-century fiction in the English language. Contains over 500 entries of 1000-3000 words written in lucid, jargon-free prose, by an international cast of leading scholars Arranged in three volumes covering British and Irish Fiction, American Fiction, and World Fiction, with each volume edited by a leading scholar in the field Entries cover major writers (such as Saul Bellow, Raymond Chandler, John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolf, A.S. Byatt, Samual Beckett, D.H. Lawrence, Zadie Smith, Salman Rushdie, V.S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer, Alice Munro, Chinua Achebe, J.M. Coetzee, and Ngûgî Wa Thiong’o) and their key works Examines the genres and sub-genres of fiction in English across the twentieth century (including crime fiction, Sci-Fi, chick lit, the noir novel, and the avant-garde novel) as well as the major movements, debates, and rubrics within the field, such as censorship, globalization, modernist fiction, fiction and the film industry, and the fiction of migration, diaspora, and exile

Author : Jack Salzman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521377986

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New Essays on The Catcher in the Rye by Jack Salzman Pdf

Five essays focus on various aspects of the novel from its ideology within the context of the Cold War and portrait of a particular American subculture to its account of patterns of adolescent crisis and rich and complex narrative structure.

Author : Richard Gray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 933 pages
File Size : 51,9 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 : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Criticism
ISBN : 9781438113739

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The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger by Harold Bloom Pdf

The classic 1951 novel by J.D. Salinger is analyzed.

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9781604138122

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Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street by Harold Bloom Pdf

A collection of essays exploring various aspects of Sandra Cisneros' novel "The House on Mango Street."

Author : William Riggan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Air bases, American
ISBN : UCAL:B4363866

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Pícaros, Madmen, Naïfs, and Clowns by William Riggan Pdf

Author : J.R. LeMaster,James D. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135881283

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain by J.R. LeMaster,James D. Wilson Pdf

"A model reference work that can be used with profit and delight by general readers as well as by more advanced students of Twain. Highly recommended." - Library Journal The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries that cover a full variety of topics on this major American writer's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's travel narratives, essays, letters, sketches, autobiography, journalism and fiction reflect his personal experience, particular attention is given to the delicate relationship between art and life, between artistic interpretations and their factual source. This comprehensive resource includes information on: Twain’s life and times: the author's childhood in Missouri and apprenticeship as a riverboat pilot, early career as a journalist in the West, world travels, friendships with well-known figures, reading and education, family life and career Complete Works: including novels, travel narratives, short stories, sketches, burlesques, and essays Significant characters, places, and landmarks Recurring concerns, themes or concepts: such as humor, language; race, war, religion, politics, imperialism, art and science Twain’s sources and influences. Useful for students, researchers, librarians and teachers, this volume features a chronology, a special appendix section tracking the poet's genealogy, and a thorough index. Each entry also includes a bibliography for further study.

Author : Robert W. Hamblin
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-24
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781496841148

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Critical Essays on William Faulkner by Robert W. Hamblin Pdf

Critical Essays on William Faulkner compiles scholarship by noted Faulkner studies scholar Robert W. Hamblin. Ranging from 1980 to 2020, the twenty-one essays present a variety of approaches to Faulkner’s work. While acknowledging Faulkner as the quintessential southern writer—particularly in his treatment of race—the essays examine his work in relation to American and even international contexts. The volume includes discussions of Faulkner’s techniques and the psychological underpinnings of both the origin and the form of his art; explores how his writing is a means of “saying 'no' to death"; examines the intertextual linkages of his fiction with that of other writers like Shakespeare, Twain, Steinbeck, Warren, and Salinger; treats Faulkner’s use of myth and his fondness for the initiation motif; and argues that Faulkner’s film work in Hollywood is much better and of far greater value than most scholars have acknowledged. Taken as a whole, Hamblin’s essays suggest that Faulkner’s overarching themes relate to time and consequent change. The history of Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha stretches from the arrival of the white settlers on the Mississippi frontier in the early 1800s to the beginnings of the civil rights movement in the 1940s. Caught in this world of continual change that produces a great degree of uncertainty and ambivalence, the Faulkner character (and reader) must weigh the traditions of the past with the demands of the present and the future. As Faulkner acknowledges, this process of discovery and growth is a difficult and sometimes painful one; yet, as Hamblin attests, to engage in that quest is to realize the very essence of what it means to be human.

Author : J. R. LeMaster,James Darrell Wilson,Christie Graves Hamric
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 082407212X

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The Mark Twain Encyclopedia by J. R. LeMaster,James Darrell Wilson,Christie Graves Hamric Pdf

A reference guide to the great American author (1835-1910) for students and general readers. The approximately 740 entries, arranged alphabetically, are essentially a collection of articles, ranging significantly in length and covering a variety of topics pertaining to Twain's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's writing reflects Samuel Clemens's personal experience, particular attention is given to the interface between art and life, i.e., between imaginative reconstructions and their factual sources of inspiration. Each entry is accompanied by a selective bibliography to guide readers to sources of additional information. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Harold Peter Simonson,Philip E. Hager
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : MINN:31951001639871H

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Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" by Harold Peter Simonson,Philip E. Hager Pdf