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  • Lewis Nordan

    Humor, Heartbreak, and Hope

    by Marcel Arbeit, Kate Beard, Manuel Broncano, Hal Crowther, John Dufresne, Edward J. Dupuy, Clyde Edgerton, Roberta S. Maguire, Lee Martin, Jo McDougall, Don Noble0, Lewis Nordan1, Constance C. Relihan2, Robert Rudnicki3, Terrell L. Tebbetts4, Dr. Barbara A. Baker, PhD6 ...
    A vibrant tribute to Lewis Nordan’s unforgettable blend of Southern surrealism, dark humor, and deep humanity.Lewis Nordan: Humor, Heartbreak, and Hope is a rich collection of essays that examines the life and work of one of the South’s most distinctive literary voices. Edited by Barbara A. Baker, this volume brings together scholars and writers who explore Nordan’s use of magical realism, dark ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Religion in Cormac McCarthy’s Fiction

    Apocryphal Borderlands

    by Manuel Broncano ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature
    This book addresses the religious scope of Cormac McCarthy’s fiction, one of the most controversial issues in studies of his work. Current criticism is divided between those who find a theological dimension in his works, and those who reject such an approach on the grounds that the nihilist discourse characteristic of his narrative is incompatible with any religious message. McCarthy’s tendencies ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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  • The Cambridge Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Edited by Ruth Prigozy ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Eleven specially commissioned essays by major Fitzgerald scholars present a clearly written and comprehensive assessment of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a writer and as a public and private figure. No aspect of his career is overlooked, from his first novel published in 1920, through his more than 170 short stories, to his last unfinished Hollywood novel. Contributions present the reader with a full and ... Read more

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  • The Illustrated Ray Bradbury

    A Structuralist Reading of Bradbury's The Illustrated Man 

    by James Arthur Anderson ...
    Ray Bradbury was one of the first science fiction writers to achieve both popular success and critical acclaim. His books have not only sold millions of copies, but have been accepted as serious literature in an age when science fiction is still burdened by the stigma of being "pulp literature." This book, a revised and expanded Second Edition of the 1990 chapbook, examines the Ray Bradbury ... Read more

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  • Cool Characters

    Irony and American Fiction

    by Lee Konstantinou ...
    Charting a new course in the criticism of postwar fiction, Cool Characters examines the changing status of irony in American cultural and political life from World War II to the present, showing how irony migrated from the countercultural margins of the 1950s to the cultural mainstream of the 1980s. Along the way, irony was absorbed into postmodern theory and ultimately became a target of recent ... Read more

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    by Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
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  • Terrorism and Temporality in the Works of Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo

    by Dr. James Gourley ...
    Terrorism and Temporality in the Works of Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo starts from a simple premise: that the events of the 11th of September 2001 must have had a major effect on two New York residents, and two of the seminal authors of American letters, Pynchon and DeLillo. By examining implicit and explicit allusion to these events in their work, it becomes apparent that both consider 9/11 a ... Read more

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  • Unvarnishing Reality

    Subversive Russian and American Cold War Satire

    by Derek C. Maus ...
    Unvarnishing Reality draws original insight to the literature, politics, history, and culture of the cold war by closely examining the themes and goals of American and Russian satirical fiction. As Derek C. Maus illustrates, the paranoia of nuclear standoff provided a subversive storytelling mode for authors from both nations—including Thomas Pynchon, Robert Coover, John Barth, Walker Percy, Don ... Read more

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    U.S. and Caribbean Literatures amid the Debris of Legal Personhood

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    Selected Essays of Irving Howe

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