95 Ergebnisse - Zeige 21 von 40.

A writer and critic looks back over his own decades of trials, errors, and triumphs, in an intimate memoir that brims with humor, encouragement, and hard-won wisdom about the teacher's craft.

Keine Beschreibung.

The American Writers Supplements include authors who have never been featured in American Writers. In this latest supplement, look for entries on twentieth-century short story writer, novelist, feminist, anarchist, part-time bohemian --and a mother of four, narrative historian, playwright, documentary editor, and hooker of rugs Neith Boyce, novelist Michael Connelly, award-winning short story writer Jhumpa Lahiri, humorist, raconteur, and prov...

Biographical and critical essays on 17 British writers"--

An acclaimed American poet, Jay Parini is widely recognized for his ability to confront modern issues in a variety of forms, while adding a highly musical sense of phrasing and a relentless sense of humor. Parini, as seen in his previous works of poetry--Anthracite Country (1982), Town Life (1988), and House of Days (1998)--has created a remarkable voice of his own. The Art of Subtraction: New and Selected Poems is a testament to Parini's uniq...

An acclaimed American poet, Jay Parini is widely recognized for his ability to confront modern issues in a variety of forms, while adding a highly musical sense of phrasing and a relentless sense of humor. Parini, as seen in his previous works of poetry--Anthracite Country (1982), Town Life (1988), and House of Days (1998)--has created a remarkable voice of his own. The Art of Subtraction: New and Selected Poems is a testament to Parini's uniq...

Distinguished poet and novelist Jay Parini presents some of his best essays -- both classic and unpublished works -- on topics ranging from baseball to Frost and Emerson to the culture of creative writing. For aspiring writers, Some Necessary Angels is an illuminating glimpse into the workshop of a distinguished novelist and critic. For readers who share Parini's love of language, it is an invigorating expression of faith.

Distinguished poet and novelist Jay Parini presents some of his best essays -- both classic and unpublished works -- on topics ranging from baseball to Frost and Emerson to the culture of creative writing. For aspiring writers, Some Necessary Angels is an illuminating glimpse into the workshop of a distinguished novelist and critic. For readers who share Parini's love of language, it is an invigorating expression of faith.

This supplement reflects the newest scholarship on some of the most important figures featured in the original "British Writers" set. Twenty brand new articles, all written by scholars, provide a fresh look at writers such as Chaucer, William Blake, Charles Dickens, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Joseph Conrad and many others.

William Faulkner was a literary genius, and one of America's most important and influential writers. Drawing on previously unavailable sources -- including letters, memoirs, and interviews with Faulkner's daughter and lovers -- Jay Parini has crafted a biography that delves into the mystery of this gifted and troubled writer. His Faulkner is an extremely talented, obsessive artist plagued by alcoholism and a bad marriage who somehow transcends...

This supplement ontinues the "British Writers Series" with new biocritical essays on 20 acclaimed writers. This supplement includes Simon Armitage, Alan Bennett, Michael Longley, James Macpherson, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, T. F. Powys and others.

The Scribner Writers Series has set the standard for literary reference for more than 25 years. In addition to addressing the lives and careers of important writers, the articles discuss the themes and styles of major works and place them in pertinent historical, social and political contexts for today's readers. Novelists, playwrights, essayists, poets, short story writers, and more recently, genre writers in science fiction and mystery, are ...

The Scribner Writers Series has set the standard for literary reference for more than 25 years. In addition to addressing the lives and careers of important writers, the articles discuss the themes and styles of major works and place them in pertinent historical, social and political contexts for today's readers. Novelists, playwrights, essayists, poets, short story writers, and more recently, genre writers in science fiction and mystery, are ...

This continuation of critical essays covers 18 writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader with their distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background. Included in the 18 essays are Norman Douglas, Robert...

Adding 23 writers to this popular series, this new supplement includes Charles Darwin, Michael Frayn, Roy Fuller, "The Gawain Poet, " L. P. Hartley, A. D. Hope, Jamaica Kincaid, Cardinal John Henry Newman, Terrence Rattigan, Sylvia Townsend Warner and others.

This supplement features 18 essays on writers including Caroline Blackwood, Bruce Chatwin, Alasdair Gray, Dermot Healy, Patrick McCabe, Mary Renault, Ruth Rendell, Denton Welch and others.

This collection of critical and biographical articles covers hundreds of notable authors from the 17th century to the present day. Signed essays, 12-15 pages in length by noted scholars, provide thought-provoking insights into the lives, careers and works of American writers. Each Supplement covers approximately 20 additional authors.

The 19 writers in this "Supplement" include: Don Dellio John Gardner John Irving Charles Johnson Alfred Kazin David Mamet August Wilson And others

This new wing of the < I>Scribner Writers Series< /I> takes that series' enduringly popular format -- the 20 page essay accessible to the general reader or student -- and applies it to the most-studied literary masterpieces. Each of the 20-25 essays in this volume focuses on a single work of American Literature. Written in clear, jargon-free style by college and university professors, each essay explores the nuances of a particular work -- the...

Among the 18 writers included in the" Supplement" are: Andre Dubus George Garrett William Kennedy Jerzy Kozinski Mary Oliver E. Annie Proulx Anne Rice And more