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Emily Dickinson
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2008
537 kr
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Emily Dickinson, one of the most famous American poets of the 19th century, is known for her preferred seclusion from the outside world. The vast majority of her poems were published posthumously, as she kept her writing private. This relevant critical guide offers perceptive interpretations of …
Toni Morrison's ""Beloved
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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Acclaimed as the greatest American novel of the last quarter century, ""Beloved"" confronts the legacy of slavery and its aftermath. The new full-length essays in this volume provide a comprehensive critical overview of this modern classic. This study guide also features a chronology of the …
Cormac McCarthy
Inbunden, 2009, 12-15 år
586 kr
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Through a series of vivid and critically acclaimed novels, including ""Blood Meridian"", ""All the Pretty Horses"", ""No Country for Old Men"", and ""The Road"", Cormac McCarthy has established himself as a major voice in American fiction of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His works are …
Jane Austen
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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Almost 200 years after her death, Jane Austen has become an industry unto herself. Generations of readers have embraced her seminal work ""Pride and Prejudice"", moving on to discover her other much-loved novels, including ""Emma"", ""Sense and Sensibility"", and ""Mansfield Park"". Noted for her …
Flannery O'Connor
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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Widely acclaimed as one of the finest short story writers and known for her acerbic wit, complex themes, and illuminating portrayal of the American South, Flannery O'Connor is a favorite among students, scholars, and general readers. Her stories ""A Good Man Is Hard to Find"" and ""Everything That …
Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare
Inbunden, 2010
586 kr
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Shakespeare imbued ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" with extraordinary complexity. This ethereal fantasy involves four different levels of representation, which intermingle but never wholly fuse. This invaluable new literary reference presents a selection of the best contemporary criticism of one of …
Othello - William Shakespeare
Av Chelsea House Publishers, Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2010
586 kr
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The most striking difference between Othello and Shakespeare's other tragedies is its more intimate scale. Since the play focuses on personal rather than public life, Othello's private descent into jealous obsession is rendered all the more chilling to behold. This invaluable literary reference …
Eudora Welty
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2006
567 kr
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Novelist, short story writer, and photographer, Eudora Welty has come to typify the Southern writer. Many of her works focus on interpersonal relationships, and they acutely capture the dialect and feel of her Mississippi roots. Among her best-known works are the short stories ""Why I Live at the …
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2006
567 kr
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Editor, Harold Bloom cites the literary origins of Gabriel Garcia Marquez as ""Faulkner, crossed by Kafka."" A Colombian writer and Nobel Prize winner, Marquez is best known for his novels ""One Hundred Years of Solitude"" and ""Love in the Time of Cholera"". In an all-new, updated edition, Bloom's …
Homer
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
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Homer, the legendary Greek poet, is often credited with having created ""The Iliad"" and ""The Odyssey"". Scholars debate whether or not such a figure actually existed, yet what remains certain is the importance of these two works as foundational texts of Western literature. This updated volume in …
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2006
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Nineteenth-century novelist and short-story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne is a key figure in the development of American literature. ""The Scarlet Letter"" and ""The House of the Seven Gables"" are cited among his major achievements, along with a number of haunting short stories, such as ""The …
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2006
567 kr
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of America's most influential thinkers. His essay, ""Nature"" is considered to be the founding document for the Transcendentalism movement, and his influence can be seen in the writings of Whitman, Thoreau, Melville, and countless others. A synthesis of the most relevant …
Stephen King
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2006
567 kr
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Prolific author, Stephen King published his first short story, ""I Was a Teenage Grave Robber,"" in ""Comics Review"" in 1965. Though often disparaged by literary critics, his work has influenced an entire generation of horror and science fiction writers, and he was awarded the 2003 National Book …
William Wordsworth
Av Chelsea House Publishers, Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2006
567 kr
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Poet laureate of England from 1843 until his death in 1850, William Wordsworth is often credited as being one of the founders of English Romanticism. The 1798 joint publication of Wordsworth's and Coleridge's ""Lyrical Ballads"" marked a turning point in English poetry, as poets began to emphasize …
C.S. Lewis
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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Scholar, poet, Christian apologist, fiction writer, and essayist, C.S. Lewis is perhaps best known for his series of children's fantasies, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". Lewis served as a Fellow and Tutor in English literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the …
Henry David Thoreau
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
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Henry David Thoreau was a naturalist, transcendentalist, philosopher, and essayist. His views on civil disobedience and nature have become a part of the American character. This updated volume of the Bloom's ""Modern Critical Views"" series is a keenly detailed chronicle of a great thinker who will …
James Baldwin
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
520 kr
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Having true international appeal, James Baldwin was as well known in Istanbul and Paris as he was in Harlem. His reputation was made on incendiary and eloquent essays written and published to mass acclaim in the late 1950s and early 1960s as well as a trio of early novels dealing with racism, …
Eugene O'Neill
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
567 kr
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Eugene O'Neill, one of America's first and leading tragic dramatists, is best known for his plays ""The Iceman Cometh"", ""Desire Under the Elms"", and ""Long Day's Journey into Night"". O'Neill's art for anguish won him four Pulitzer Prizes and the Nobel Prize in Literature, and a place as one of …
Kate Chopin
Inbunden, 2007
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Initially known for her short stories and articles, Kate Chopin was considered to be little more than a regional writer. Published in 1899, her second novel, ""The Awakening,"" received little attention until the 1950s. Now, Chopin's work is known for its play with narrative styles and its …
George Orwell
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
567 kr
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George Orwell wrote many essays and political pamphlets, yet most know him for his fable ""Animal Farm"" and novel ""1984"". The essays in this enhanced ""Bloom's Modern Critical Views"" volume offer precise commentary on Orwell's political views, his perspective on totalitarianism, and the forms …
Stephen Crane
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
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Stephen Crane is widely recognized as a master and innovator of literary naturalism. Among his more popular works are the novels ""Maggie: A Girl of the Streets"" and ""The Red Badge of Courage"" and the short story ""The Open Boat."" The essays gathered together for this updated volume in the …
Tennessee Williams
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
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Tennessee Williams is recognized as one of America's greatest dramatists, and as an innovator of post-World War II theater. He looked for a mechanism for portraying the truth in theater at a time when traditional approaches no longer worked. Bold with form as well as subject matter, Williams …
Sylvia Plath
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
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Sylvia Plath's short life and intense poetry continue to draw considerable critical and popular attention. Among her more recognizable works are the poetry collection ""Ariel"" and the novel ""The Bell Jar"". Her suicide and tumultuous marriage to Ted Hughes, as well as his choices in posthumously …
Geoffrey Chaucer
Av Harold Bloom
Häftad, 2007
586 kr
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Fourteenth-century author, poet, and civil servant Geoffrey Chaucer is best known for ""The Canterbury Tales,"" his major literary achievement. ""The Canterbury Tales"" is a collection of stories as told by fictional pilgrims on their way to the cathedral at Canterbury. The work is remarkable for …
Arthur Miller
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
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Playwright Arthur Miller is best known for his works ""A View from the Bridge"", the ""Crucible"", ""All My Sons"", and the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ""Death of a Salesman"". A powerful modern tragedy, ""Death of a Salesman"" helped usher in a new focus for the American stage - the struggles of …
Zora Neale Hurston
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2008
520 kr
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Zora Neale Hurston was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Although her work was long ignored, it is now widely studied and praised. Her most famous novel, ""Their Eyes Were Watching God"", a classic in the African-American canon, depicts a woman's struggle for self-empowerment. Newly updated …
Alice Walker
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
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A champion for African-American and women's rights, Alice Walker reflects her beliefs in her passionate writing. Walker is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ""The Color Purple"", a compelling work that boldly tackles the issues of racism and sexism in the rural South. ""Alice Walker, …
Hispanic-American Writers
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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This new edition of ""Hispanic-American Writers"" offers critical perspectives on the many Hispanic authors who have staked out a vibrant and burgeoning presence on the American literary scene. This addition to the ""Bloom's Modern Critical Views"" series is enhanced by a chronology, bibliography, …
J.R.R.Tolkien
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2008
586 kr
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The revered author of the fantasy works ""The Hobbit"" and ""The Lord of the Rings"" also had a distinguished career as a professor at Oxford University and as a scholar specializing in Anglo-Saxon literature. This addition to the ""Bloom's Modern Critical Views"" series is enhanced by a …
Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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The Catcher in the Rye is one of the most popular coming-of-age novels ever written, and its 17-year-old protagonist, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon of teen angst. The new full-length critical essays in this title provide a comprehensive critical look at this classic by J. D. Salinger. Master …
