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Bringing together leading voices from across the globe, The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald presents state-of-the-art scholarship on the renowned Jazz Age writer, as well as offering an approachable…
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Prof Linda Wagner-Martin
A revised edition of Linda Wagner-Martin's comprehensive study of the novels, stories, essays and poetry of American author Barbara Kingsolver. Now updated so that coverage runs from Kingsolver's first novel…
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The most substantial collection of critical essays on Morrison to appear since her death in mid-2019, this book contains previously unpublished essays which both acknowledge the universal significance of her…
Mr John Steinbeck
When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds ‘the Pearl of the world’ he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will…
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Linda Wagner-Martin
This is a study of the ways various kinds of injury and trauma affected Ernest Hemingway’s life and writing, from the First World War to his suicide in 1961.
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an important collection of essays that cover some of the more interesting dimensions of Ernest Hemingway’s fiction
A guide to contemporary criticism regarding the work (and life) of Ernest Hemingway. It features several essays that discuss Hemingway’s life, including the first, which focuses on his own wounding…
Wagner-Martin, a respected scholar of American modernism and former president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society, offers a comprehensive guide to the novel’s genesis, plot, background, themes, style, and…
This book aims to both describe and analyze the way Steinbeck learned the writing craft. It begins with his immersion in the short story, some years after he stopped attending…
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was born at the dawn of the twentieth century, destined for celebrity as one half of the infamous darlings of the Jazz Age literary world. This is…
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A study of African American writer Toni Morrison’s work. Beginning with The Bluest Eye in 1970 and continuing through her 2012 novel Home, it describes Morrison as an inherently original…
From the heart of the Great Depression to the turbulent 1960s, the mid-century in America was a vibrant literary era. Linda Wagner-Martins comprehensive study encompasses the political literature that flourished…
This work probes the differences between the biographies of men and women, stereotypes about women’s lives and roles, and what is private and public. It looks at issues of authorial…
Sylvia Plath, 1932-63, American poet and novelist, established her reputation by the courageous and controlled treatment of extreme and painful states of mind. The volume covers the period 1960-1985.
A clear and engaging guide to an exciting period of literature, this is the ultimate guide for those seeking an overview of American Modernism.
‘Go Down, Moses’ (1942) came to fruition during the Second World War, was written during one of Faulkner’s most traumatic periods, and has fallen to critical neglect amid the vast…
Each essay is devoted to a major aspect of the novel: Hemingway’s use of humor, the literary and historical context of the book, the atypically prevalent character of Brett Ashley…
Linda Wagner-Martin’s Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is a twenty-first century story. Using cultural and gender studies as contexts, Wagner-Martin brings new information to the story of the Alabama judge’s daughter who…
Sylvia Plath, 1932-63. American poet and novelist, established her reputation by the courageous and controlled treatment of extreme and painful states of mind. The volume covers the period 1960-1985.
As the international vacationers move from Paris to Pamplona for the bullfight festival, the characters wend their various narratives through the impressionistic colours of modern European life. The text provides…
The 1999 centennial of Ernest Hemingway’s birth marks a time for the re-evaluation of his position as America’s premier modernist writer. The previously unpublished essays discuss biographical details of his…
Offers a comprehensive analysis of a range of literary works that extends into the 21st century. This book covers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novels. It…
Offers an analysis of the wide range of literary works that extends into the 21st century. This book covers drama, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, science fiction, and detective novels. It…
A reading of the oeuvre of Toni Morrison-fiction, non-fiction, and other-drawing extensively from her many interviews as well as her primary texts, Toni Morrison: A Literary Life, second edition provides…
Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Life includes new research on the best-known of the posthumous publications: A Moveable Feast, 1964 (and the 2009 A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition);
Walt Whitman: A Literary Life highlights two major influences on Whitman’s poetry and life: the American Civil War and his economic condition. In addition to establishing Whitman’s attention to the…
L Wagner-Martin
An examination of the life and work of the celebrated and accomplished writer, director, and essayist, [presenting] Maya Angelou’s entire life, from her time as a child in the segregated…
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This book explores Toni Morrison’s use of family in her narratives, particularly on the roles of mother and child. .
John Steinbeck,Linda Wagner-Martin
A poor fisherman dreams of wealth and happiness for his family when he finds a priceless pearl.
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises captures the quintessential romance of the expatriate Americans and Britons in Paris after World War I. As the international vacationers move from Paris to Pamplona for…
Linda Wagner-Martin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism offers readers a fresh, insightful overview to all genres of postmodern writing. The author gives the reader a solid framework and foundation to reading…
Prof Linda Wagner-Martin (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
This work is part of the Continuum Contemporaries series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains…
The Oxford Book of Women’s Writing in the United States presents short stories, poems, essays, plays, speeches, performance pieces, erotica, diaries, correspondence, and even a few recipes from nearly one…
A comprehensive critical and biographical reading of Maya Angelou’s life and work, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) to His Day Is Done, A Nelson Mandela Tribute…
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A wide-ranging critical and biographical reading of Maya Angelou’s life and work, from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) to His Day Is Done, A Nelson Mandela Tribute…
MS Gertrude Stein
The book is comprised of three tales – two short stories: The Good Anna, and The Gentle Lena ; and the novella. Melanctha. Each one is a portrait of the…
Richard Ruland,Malcolm Bradbury,Linda Wagner-Martin
The role of the third surveyor often lacks clarity even sometimes to those in the industry. The Role of the Third Surveyor under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 aims…
