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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
POSTMODERN HUMANISM IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND CULTURE: RECONCILING THE VOID POSTMODERN HUMANISM IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND CULTURE: RECONCILING THE VOID TODD F. DAVIS xxv, 198 p. ; 23 cm OL13666785W
The Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club Laurie Rozakis The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feat… OL15003201W
Modern American literature Modern American literature Dorothy Nyren Curley A compilation of representative critical comments provides critical portraits of important late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century American writers, with bibliographies for all included authors. OL15742389W
It came from the 1950s! It came from the 1950s! Jones, Darryl "It came from the 1950s is an eclectic, witty, and insightful collection of essays predicated on the hypothesis that popular cultural documents provide unique insights into the concerns, anxieties, a… OL15951415W
Hand of fire Hand of fire Charles Hatfield "Jack Kirby (1917-1994) is one of the most influential and popular artists in comics history. With Stan Lee, he created the Fantastic Four and defined the drawing and narrative style of Marvel Comics… OL16014588W
February house February house Sherill Tippins February House is the irresistible story of an extraordinary experiment in communal living, one involving young but already iconic writers -- and the country's best-known burlesque performer -- in a … OL16025798W
Richard Wright Richard Wright Alice Mikal Craven "Richard Wright : New Readings in the 21st Century positions Wright studies in the 21st century in the best way possible. Richard Wright's legacy is updated in order to meet the needs of a growing in… OL16125955W
The Muse in Bronzeville The Muse in Bronzeville Robert Bone,Richard A. Courage THE MUSE IN BRONZEVILLE, a dynamic reappraisal of a neglected period in African American cultural history, is the first comprehensive critical study of the creative awakening that occurred on Chicago… OL16182696W
Henry James and the supernatural Henry James and the supernatural Anna Despotopoulou,Kimberly Capps Reed "This book is a collection of essays on ghostly fiction by Henry James. The contributors analyze James's use of the ghost story as a subgenre and the difficult theoretical issues that James's texts p… OL16183703W
Immigration narratives in young adult literature Immigration narratives in young adult literature Joanne Brown x, 164 p. ; 23 cm OL16281712W
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
Making the archives talk Making the archives talk James L. W. West "A collection of essays by editor, biographer, bibliographer, and book historian James L. W. West III, covering editorial theory, archival use, textual emendation, and scholarly annotation. Discusses… OL16643832W
Cormac Mccarthy American Canticles Cormac Mccarthy American Canticles Kenneth Lincoln This is a guide to Cormac McCarthy's canon from 'The Road' to 'All the Pretty Horses', delving into the dominant themes in his work, his influences from Faulkner to Dante, and the current cultural de… OL17377875W
Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire Harold Bloom,Gulshan Rai Kataria Summary, A collection of eleven critical essays on Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises" arranged in chronological order of publication. OL18276371W
Masculinity in Vietnam War narratives Masculinity in Vietnam War narratives Brenda M. Boyle "This book examines the ways in which the war and its accompanying movements greatly altered traditional American conceptions of masculinity. Finally, the book illustrates how, decades later, the mas… OL18571762W
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
Tales for little rebels Tales for little rebels Julia L. Mickenberg,Philip Nel From the Publisher: In 1912, a revolutionary chick cries, "Strike down the wall!" and liberates itself from the "egg state." In 1940, ostriches pull their heads out of the sand and unite to fight fas… OL18774256W
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
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
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