Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Realism for the masses Realism for the masses Chris Vials Realism for the Masses is an exploration of how the concept of realism entered mass culture, and from there, how it tried to remake "America." The literary and artistic creations of American realism … OL12037117W
Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America Paul Edward Gottfried This book offers an original interpretation of the achievement of Leo Strauss, stressing how his ideas and followers reshaped the American conservative movement. According to this study, Strauss and … OL15991820W
Berserk style in American culture Berserk style in American culture Kirby Farrell "As an idea, the berserk style is terrifying but also alluring in its promise that we can gain access to extraordinary resources by overthrowing inhibitions. Focusing on post-Vietnam America, using p… OL16151594W
Words on the page, the world in your hands Words on the page, the world in your hands Catherine Lipkin,Virginia Solotaroff 3 v. ; 21 cm OL16589655W
John Steinbeck John Steinbeck Harold Bloom A selection of criticism, arranged in chronological order of publcation, devoted to the fiction of John Steinbeck. OL18475328W
Reading Susan Sontag Reading Susan Sontag Carl E. Rollyson,Carl Rollyson "Each of the chapters in Reading Susan Sontag is devoted to one of her books and is divided into three sections: synopsis, Ms. Sontag's own views of her work, and critical commentary. Thus it moves f… OL1861818W
Thriving on a riff Thriving on a riff David Murray - undifferentiated,Graham Lock This text explores the influence of jazz and blues in two key areas of cultural expression, literature and film, where these musics have often been inextricably linked with notions of racial identity… OL18784718W
The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places, and History of the Bestselling Series The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places, and History of the Bestselling Series Robert Jordan,Harriet McDougal,Alan Romanczuk,Maria Simons "Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time℗ʼ by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. Over the course of fifteen b… OL19649238W
The queer limit of Black memory The queer limit of Black memory Matt Richardson "The Queer Limit of Black Memory : Black Lesbian Literature and Irresolution identifies a new archive of Black women's literature that has heretofore been on the margins of literary scholarship and A… OL19979899W
David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing" David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing" Marshall Boswell "Of the twelve books David Foster Wallace published both during his lifetime and posthumously, only three were novels. Nevertheless, Wallace always thought of himself primarily as a novelist. From hi… OL19984297W
Being Cool Being Cool Charles J. Rzepka Widely known as the crime fiction writer whose work led to the movies Get Shorty and Out of Sight, Elmore Leonard had a special knack for creating "cool" characters. In Being Cool, Charles J. Rzepka … OL20214905W
The female tradition in southern literature The female tradition in southern literature Carol S. Manning This collection of critical essays examines the contributions to and influences on literature that have been made by Southern women writers.--From publisher description. OL20433436W
The Latino/a Canon and the Emergence of Post-Sixties Literature The Latino/a Canon and the Emergence of Post-Sixties Literature Elena Machado Sáez,R. Dalleo 250 pages ; 21 cm OL20798936W
The American Lawrence The American Lawrence Lee M. Jenkins Although contemporary scholarship views D. H. Lawrence as a distinctly English author, Lee M. Jenkins argues for a reassessment of his relationship to American modernism and his American literary con… OL23205877W
Henry Miller Henry Miller James M. Decker "Academic treatments of Henry Miller's works have never been numerous and for many years Miller was not a fashionable writer in literary studies. In fact, there exist only three collections of essays… OL23221731W
John Reed & the writing of revolution John Reed & the writing of revolution Daniel W. Lehman "John Reed and the Writing of Revolution examines Reed's writing from a different critical perspective - one informed by a theoretical and practical understanding of literary nonfiction. In both poli… OL2692365W
Learning from the left Learning from the left Julia L. Mickenberg At the height of the Cold War, dozens of radical and progressive writers, illustrators, editors, librarians, booksellers, and teachers cooperated to create and disseminate children's books that chall… OL5738339W
Novels and Social Writings (Iron Heel / John Barleycorn / Martin Eden / People of the Abyss / Road) Novels and Social Writings (Iron Heel / John Barleycorn / Martin Eden / People of the Abyss / Road) Jack London Iron Heel John Barleycorn [Martin Eden](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL144822W/Martin_Eden) People of the Abyss Road OL74447W