Children of the Raven and the Whale : Visions and Revisions in American Literature / / Caroline Chamberlin Hellman |
Autore | Hellman Caroline Chamberlin <1979-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Charlottesville : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 pages) |
Disciplina | 813/.509 |
Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, American, in literature
American fiction - Minority authors - History and criticism Cultural pluralism in literature Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intertextuality American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8139-4361-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- "A Walker in the City": Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker, Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn, and Walt Whitman's Cartographic Legacy -- Literary Custom House: Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth -- Short Happy Palimpsest: Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao -- New York Unearthed: Excavating Washington Irving, Walt Whitman, and F. Scott Fitzgerald in Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin and Joseph O'Neill's Netherland -- Black Boys and White Whales: Ta-Nehisi Coates's Conversations with Herman Melville, Richard Wright, and James Baldwin -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799601403321 |
Hellman Caroline Chamberlin <1979->
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Darwin and Faulkner’s Novels [[electronic resource] ] : Evolution and Southern Fiction / / by M. Wainwright |
Autore | Wainwright M |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina |
813.52
813/.509 |
Soggetto topico |
America—Literatures
Literature, Modern—20th century Fiction North American Literature Twentieth-Century Literature |
ISBN |
1-281-97689-X
9786611976897 0-230-61205-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Looking across the Atlantic -- Hand in hand with the old gentleman -- The complex temple of sexual politics -- Pangenesis and southern thought -- From race to ecology -- Philosophical frontiers -- The enemy within -- Self-interest, cooperation, and beyond. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782741103321 |
Wainwright M
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Mere reading : the poetics of wonder in modern American novels / / Lee Clark Mitchell |
Autore | Mitchell Lee Clark <1947-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
Disciplina | 813/.509 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism Books and reading Criticism Wonder in literature |
ISBN |
1-5013-2967-7
1-5013-2968-5 1-5013-2966-9 |
Classificazione | LIT007000LIT006000LIT004020 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Slowing Down -- 1. Possession in The Professor's House (1925) -- 2. Oscillation in Lolita (1955) -- 3. Hospitality in Housekeeping (1980) -- 4. Violence in Blood Meridian (1985) -- 5. Language in The Road (2006) -- 6. Belatedness in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) -- Epilogue: Resisting Rules -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162917403321 |
Mitchell Lee Clark <1947->
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Muse in the Machine : American Fiction and Mass Publicity / / Mark Conroy |
Autore | Conroy Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 232 p. ) |
Disciplina | 813/.509 |
Soggetto topico |
Mass media - United States - History
Authors and readers - United States - History Fiction - Marketing - United States - History Literature publishing - United States - History Authors and publishers - United States - History American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism Mass media in literature American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8142-7325-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552778403321 |
Conroy Mark
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The other shore [[electronic resource] ] : essays on writers and writing / / Michael Jackson |
Autore | Jackson Michael <1940-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.509 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English literature - History and criticism English language - Writing Authorship |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-520-95482-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1.The Other Shore -- 2. The Red Road -- 3. Kindred Spirits -- 4. Writing under the Influence -- 5. A Typewriter Collecting Dust -- 6. Writing in Limbo -- 7. The Magical Power of Words -- 8. Flights of Fancy -- 9. Writing Fellowship -- 10. There Go I -- 11. Love Letters -- 12. Writing for Bare Life -- 13. Writing So As Not to Die -- 14. Chinese Boxes -- 15. The Writing on the Wall -- 16. Writing out of the Blue -- 17. A Storyteller's Story -- 18. Writing in the Dark -- 19. Writing in the Zone -- 20. Writing, Naturally -- 21. Writing Workshop -- 22. The Books in My Life -- 23. Writing Utopia -- 24. Writing in Search of Lost Time -- 25. Writing about Writers -- 26. Writing in Ruins -- 27. Writing as a Way of Life -- Notes -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453138303321 |
Jackson Michael <1940->
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The other shore [[electronic resource] ] : essays on writers and writing / / Michael Jackson |
Autore | Jackson Michael <1940-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.509 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
English literature - History and criticism English language - Writing Authorship |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
art artists authors dark night of the soul empathy engaging ethnographer ethnography fiction writers imagination impossibility of writing leap of faith life experiences literary criticism literary literature lively longing magic meditation modes of understanding modes of writing modes nostalgia oral storytelling poet poetry relationship ritual social science students and teachers unrequited love utopia worldliness writing |
ISBN | 0-520-95482-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1.The Other Shore -- 2. The Red Road -- 3. Kindred Spirits -- 4. Writing under the Influence -- 5. A Typewriter Collecting Dust -- 6. Writing in Limbo -- 7. The Magical Power of Words -- 8. Flights of Fancy -- 9. Writing Fellowship -- 10. There Go I -- 11. Love Letters -- 12. Writing for Bare Life -- 13. Writing So As Not to Die -- 14. Chinese Boxes -- 15. The Writing on the Wall -- 16. Writing out of the Blue -- 17. A Storyteller's Story -- 18. Writing in the Dark -- 19. Writing in the Zone -- 20. Writing, Naturally -- 21. Writing Workshop -- 22. The Books in My Life -- 23. Writing Utopia -- 24. Writing in Search of Lost Time -- 25. Writing about Writers -- 26. Writing in Ruins -- 27. Writing as a Way of Life -- Notes -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779676003321 |
Jackson Michael <1940->
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Popular fiction : the logics and practices of a literary field / / Ken Gelder |
Autore | Gelder Ken <1955, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.509 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Popular literature - English-speaking countries - History and criticism English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Popular literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc Fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-25071-1
1-280-40090-0 0-203-02336-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Popular fiction the opposite of Literature; 2 Genre history attitudes practice; 3 Processing popular fiction: bookshops, fans, fanzines and prozines organizations; 4 (Lo-tech) John Grisham and (hi-tech) Michael Crichton: putting the thriller to work; 5 The Vampire Writes Back: Anne Rice and the (re)turn of the author; 6 Jackie Collins anti romance and the celebrity novel; 7 J R R Tolkien and global terrorism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450987803321 |
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Popular fiction : the logics and practices of a literary field / / Ken Gelder |
Autore | Gelder Ken <1955-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.509 |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Popular literature - English-speaking countries - History and criticism English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Popular literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc Fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
ISBN |
1-86373-648-4
1-134-25070-3 1-134-25071-1 1-280-40090-0 0-203-02336-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Popular fiction the opposite of Literature; 2 Genre history attitudes practice; 3 Processing popular fiction: bookshops, fans, fanzines and prozines organizations; 4 (Lo-tech) John Grisham and (hi-tech) Michael Crichton: putting the thriller to work; 5 The Vampire Writes Back: Anne Rice and the (re)turn of the author; 6 Jackie Collins anti romance and the celebrity novel; 7 J R R Tolkien and global terrorism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783836303321 |
Gelder Ken <1955-, >
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Reading the American novel 1920-2010 [[electronic resource] /] / James Phelan |
Autore | Phelan James <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (463 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.509 |
Collana | Reading the Novel |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Books and reading - United States |
ISBN |
1-118-51287-1
1-299-44892-5 1-118-51288-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Ethics of the Telling and Ethics of the Told Off-Kilter, Unreliable, and Deficient Narration: A Rhetorical Model; Respect, Disrespect, and Over-respect; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2: The Age of Innocence (1920): Bildung and the Ethics of Desire; Material and Treatment; The Beginning: Initiation and Launch; Scenes from the Voyage: Newland and May; Newland and Ellen; The Two-stage Arrival: Configuring Wharton's Fierce Realism; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: The Great Gatsby (1925): Character Narration, Temporal Order, and Tragedy
Nick as Narrator: Initiation and Launch Nick as Narrator: The Interaction; Nick as Character: Fabula, Sjuzhet, and Progression (Especially in the Voyage); Gatsby: Voyage and Arrival; Talking Back; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 4: A Farewell to Arms (1929): Bildung, Tragedy, and the Rhetoric of Voice; Initiation and Launch I: Or, the Concept of Voice and the Voice of Frederic Henry; Launch II: Frederic and Catherine; Voice in the Voyage; Final Stages of the Voyage, Arrival, and Farewell; Catherine Barkley; Hemingway's View of the World; Notes; References; Further Reading Chapter 5: The Sound and the Fury (1929): Portrait Narrative as Tragedy Benjy: Initiation, Launch, Portrait; Quentin: Initiation, Voyage, Portrait; Jason: Initiation, Voyage, Portrait; Dilsey: Initiation, Arrival, Farewell; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 6: Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937): Bildung and the Rhetoric and Politics of Voice; Initiation, Phase One: The Narrator's Voice; Initiation, Phase Two: Dialogue; The Launch; The Voyage; The Trial Scene; Arrival and Farewell; Notes; References; Further Reading Chapter 7: Invisible Man (1952): Bildung, Politics, and Rhetorical Design Initiation; Launch; Voyage; Arrival, Part One; Arrival, Part Two, and Farewell; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 8: Lolita (1955): The Ethics of the Telling and the Ethics of the Told; Initial Questions; Initiation; From Initiation to Interaction; Toward a Plot of Narration; Ethics of the Telling and Ethics of the Told; Arrival and Farewell; Limits of the Transformation and Further Ethical Consequences; Notes; References; Further Reading Chapter 9: The Crying of Lot 49 (1966): Mimetic Protagonist, Thematic-Synthetic Storyworld |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139040803321 |
Phelan James <1951->
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Reading the American novel 1920-2010 / / James Phelan |
Autore | Phelan James <1951-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (463 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.509 |
Collana | Reading the Novel |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Books and reading - United States |
ISBN |
1-118-51287-1
1-299-44892-5 1-118-51288-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Ethics of the Telling and Ethics of the Told Off-Kilter, Unreliable, and Deficient Narration: A Rhetorical Model; Respect, Disrespect, and Over-respect; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2: The Age of Innocence (1920): Bildung and the Ethics of Desire; Material and Treatment; The Beginning: Initiation and Launch; Scenes from the Voyage: Newland and May; Newland and Ellen; The Two-stage Arrival: Configuring Wharton's Fierce Realism; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: The Great Gatsby (1925): Character Narration, Temporal Order, and Tragedy
Nick as Narrator: Initiation and Launch Nick as Narrator: The Interaction; Nick as Character: Fabula, Sjuzhet, and Progression (Especially in the Voyage); Gatsby: Voyage and Arrival; Talking Back; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 4: A Farewell to Arms (1929): Bildung, Tragedy, and the Rhetoric of Voice; Initiation and Launch I: Or, the Concept of Voice and the Voice of Frederic Henry; Launch II: Frederic and Catherine; Voice in the Voyage; Final Stages of the Voyage, Arrival, and Farewell; Catherine Barkley; Hemingway's View of the World; Notes; References; Further Reading Chapter 5: The Sound and the Fury (1929): Portrait Narrative as Tragedy Benjy: Initiation, Launch, Portrait; Quentin: Initiation, Voyage, Portrait; Jason: Initiation, Voyage, Portrait; Dilsey: Initiation, Arrival, Farewell; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 6: Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937): Bildung and the Rhetoric and Politics of Voice; Initiation, Phase One: The Narrator's Voice; Initiation, Phase Two: Dialogue; The Launch; The Voyage; The Trial Scene; Arrival and Farewell; Notes; References; Further Reading Chapter 7: Invisible Man (1952): Bildung, Politics, and Rhetorical Design Initiation; Launch; Voyage; Arrival, Part One; Arrival, Part Two, and Farewell; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 8: Lolita (1955): The Ethics of the Telling and the Ethics of the Told; Initial Questions; Initiation; From Initiation to Interaction; Toward a Plot of Narration; Ethics of the Telling and Ethics of the Told; Arrival and Farewell; Limits of the Transformation and Further Ethical Consequences; Notes; References; Further Reading Chapter 9: The Crying of Lot 49 (1966): Mimetic Protagonist, Thematic-Synthetic Storyworld |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828275603321 |
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