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Stephen Vincent Benet
Essays on His Life and Work
Av David Garrett Izzo, Lincoln Konkle
Häftad, 2002
517 kr
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When Stephen Vincent Benet died in 1943 at the age of 44, all of America mourned the loss. Benet was one of the country's most well known poets of the first half of the twentieth century and as a fiction writer, he had an even larger audience.This book is a collection of essays celebrating Benet …
Henry James Against the Aesthetic Movement
Essays on the Middle and Late Fiction
Av David Garrett Izzo, Daniel T. O’Hara
Häftad, 2006
560 kr
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Writer Henry James (1843-1916) was born in America but preferred to live in Europe; he finally become a British subject near the end of his life. His status as a permanent outsider is responsible for the recurring themes in his writing dealing with European sophistication (decadence) compared to …
Huxley's Brave New World: Essays
Av David Garrett Izzo, Kim Kirkpatrick
Häftad, 2008
429 kr
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Aldous Huxley's prophetic novel of ideas warned of a terrible future then 600 years away. Though Brave New World was published less than a century ago in 1932, many elements of the novel's dystopic future now seem an eerily familiar part of life in the 21st century.These essays analyze the …
Influence of Mysticism on 20th Century British and American Literature
Häftad, 2009
560 kr
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This volume discusses the relationships between the philosophy of Mysticism, which traces its lineage back into prehistory, with that of the world of more traditional philosophy and literature. The author argues for the centrality of mysticism's role in the philosophical and artistic development of …
Charles Chesnutt Reappraised
Essays on the First Major African American Fiction Writer
Av David Garrett Izzo, Maria Orban
Häftad, 2009
543 kr
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One of the best known and most widely read of early African American writers, Charles W. Chesnutt published more than fifty short stories, six novels, two plays, a biography of Frederick Douglass, and countless essays, poems, letters, journals, and speeches. Though he had light skin and was of …
Christopher Isherwood Encyclopedia
Häftad, 2010
638 kr
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This comprehensive and accessible reference work serves Isherwood scholars who need quick access to people, places, novels, stories, essays and plays, introduces Isherwood to those who know little of him, expands the knowledge of the literate general reader, and refreshes teachers of literature …
W.H. AUDEN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Häftad, 2011
1360 kr
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W.H. Auden's life and work were perhaps best explained and condensed in the words of Edward Mendelson, Auden's literary executor, when he remarked, '[Auden] grew up in a household in which the scientific inquiries of his father maintained an uneasy truce with the ritualized religion of his mother'. …
Bruce Springsteen and the American Soul
Essays on the Songs and Influence of a Cultural Icon
Häftad, 2011
384 kr
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For 40 years Bruce Springsteen has been making music on his way to becoming an icon, the conscience of rock 'n' roll, and one of the greatest live performers of his generation. This critical work examines the man, his music, the cultural importance of his narrative songs and the singular experience …
Movies in the Age of Obama
The Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema
Häftad, 2017
458 kr
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The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States had a significant impact on both America and the world at large. By voting an African American into the highest office, those who elected Obama did not necessarily look past race, but rather didn’t let race prevent them …
Movies in the Age of Obama
The Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema
Inbunden, 2014
1141 kr
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The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States had a significant impact on both America and the world at large. By voting an African American into the highest office, those who elected Obama did not necessarily look past race, but rather didn’t let race prevent them …
Christopher Isherwood
His Era, His Gang and the Legacy of the Truly Strong Man
Inbunden, 2001
485 kr
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In a comprehensive critical study of the literary artist, mystic and gay-activist icon Christopher Isherwood, David Garrett Izzo draws on previously unavailable material to offer a fresh appraisal of the writer's literary milieu and his influence on 20th-century literature and culture. The first …
