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LITERARY CRITICISM BIBLIOGRAPHY SHS LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER Sorted by Title NOTE: Titles Not in Bold Were Published Prior to 1980, but May Still Be Useful in Some Cases LITERARY CRITICISM BIBLIOGRAPHY SHS LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER Sorted by Title NOTE: Titles not in bold were published prior to 1980, but may still be useful in some cases. REF 920 DRE Drew, Bernard A., 1950-. 100 more popular young adult authors : biographical sketches and bibliographies. Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2002. Presents biographical profiles of one hundred young adult authors, including Sherman Alexie, Garth Nix, J. K. Rowling, and Laura Ingalls Wilder, each providing a primary and secondary bibliography. REF 920 DRE Drew, Bernard A., 1950-. The 100 most popular young adult authors : biographical sketches and bibliographies. 1st ed. rev. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1997. Presents biographical information about 100 authors who write for junior high and high school aged readers, with commentary on the writer's better known books, critical analyses, and bibliographies. REF 810.9 CON The age of maturity, 1929-1941. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1989. 813 BAT Bates, Gerri. Alice Walker : a critical companion. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005. The life of Alice Walker -- Literary contexts -- The third life of Grange Copeland (1970) -- Meridian (1976) -- The color purple (1982) -- The temple of my familiar (1989) -- Possessing the secret of joy (1992) -- By the light of my father's smile (1998) -- The way forward is with a broken heart (2000) -- Now is the time to open your heart : a novel (2004). Provides a biographical profile of author Alice Walker, looks at her work within a larger literary context, and features critical analyses of eight novels published by Walker between 1970 and 2004. REF 822.3 OLS Olsen, Kirstin. All things Shakespeare. : an encyclopedia of Shakespeare's world. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002. (2 volumes) Presents approximately one hundred alphabetized entries describing items and customs in Shakespeare's England, and includes illustrations, charts, tables, and a chronology of historical events in his plays. 820.9 VAN Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. American and British literature since 1890. Rev. & enl. ed. New York : Appleton-Century, c1939,1953. 813.09 QUI Quinn, Arthur Hobson, 1875-1944. American fiction : an historical and critical survey. New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1964]. 813.09 VAN Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. The American novel, 1789-1939,. Rev. and enl. ed. New York, : The Macmillan company, 1940. 813.09 STE Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909-. The American novel: from James Fenimore Cooper to William Faulkner. New York, : Basic Books, [1965]. REF 810.9 AME American writers : a collection of literary biographies, Supplement II. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. REF 810.9 AME American writers : a collection of literary biographies, Supplement III, part 1, John Ashbery to Walker Percy. Part 2, Philip Roth to Louis Zukofsky ; and cumulative index to v. 1-4 and supp. 1-3.. New York:, c1991. Introduction to the life and works of significant American novelists, essayists, poets, and short story writers. REF 810.9 AME American writers : a collection of literary biographies. Supplement IV, part 1, Maya Angelou to Linda Hogan. Part 2, Susan Howe to Gore Vidal. New York:, c1996. Introduction to the life and works of significant American novelists, essayists, poets, and short story writers. For contents, see Title Catalog. REF 810.9 AME American writers/ Supplement V. New York : Scribner's, 2000. Contains entries on the following writers: Russell Banks, Ann Beattie, Robert Coover, Richard Ford, Louise Gluck, A. R. Gurney, Erica Jong, Stephen King, Maxine Hong Kingston, Philip Levine, Peter Matthiessen, Larry McMurtry, Tim O'Brien, Cynthia Ozick, Upton Sinclair, Robert Stone, Peter Taylor, Charles Wright. REF 810.9 AME American writers. : a collection of literary biographies. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c2001. Contains essays that provide information about the lives, careers, and works of eighteen authors who have made significant contributions to American literature, each with a brief biography, a critical analysis and evaluation of the writer's work, and a selected bibliography. Arranged alphabetically from Boyle to Wilson. 813 SNO Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Amy Tan : a literary companion. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., c2004. Examines the life and writings of twentieth-century novelist Amy Tan and provides an analysis of historical and fictional events, characters, dates, and themes, as well as a list of writing and research topics. REF 880.09 LUC Ancient writers : Greece and Rome. New York : Scribner, c1982. v. 1. Homer to Caesar -- v. 2. Lucretius to Ammianus Marcellinus. 813.3 POE Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. The annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe. New York : Avenel :, 1981. 812 ART Arthur Miller's Death of a salesman. New York : Chelsea House, 1988. Death of a salesman : tragic myth in the modern theater / Esther Merle Jackson -- Memory and dramatic form in Death of a salesman / Peter Szondi -- Point of view in Arthur Miller's Death of a salesman / Brian Parker -- The articulate victims of Arthur Miller / Ruby Cohn -- Arthur Miller's Death of a salesman and the American dream / William Heyen -- The salesman on the stage : a study in the social influence of drama / Christopher Innes -- Death of a salesman as psychomachia / D.L. Hoeveler -- Willy Loman and The soul of a new machine : technology and the common man / Richard T. Brucher -- Tragic form and possibility of meaning in Death of a salesman / William Aarnes -- Death of a salesman : in memoriam / C.W.E. Bigsby. B RAN Britting, Jeff. Ayn Rand. New York : Overlook Press, 2004. Presents a brief biography of philosopher and author Ayn Rand, from her birth in Russia in 1905 to her death in New York City in 1982, and features a wealth of photographs and illustrations selected from the Ayn Rand Archives. 829 BLO Beowulf. New York : Chelsea House, 1987. 813 RIC Richman, Sidney. Bernard Malamud. New York : Twayne Publishers ;, 1966. REF 920.3 KUN Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-. British authors before 1800; : a biographical dictionary,. New York, : Wilson, 1952. REF 920.3 KUN Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-. British authors of the nineteenth century,. New York, : Wilson, c1936. REF 810.9 CON Broadening views, 1968-1988. Detroit, Michigan : Gale Research Co., 1989. 818 CAM The Cambridge companion to Margaret Atwood. Cambridge, UK ; : Cambridge University Press, 2006. Margaret Atwood in her Canadian context / David Staines -- Biography/autobiography / Lorraine York -- Power politics : power and identity / Pilar Somacarrera -- Margaret Atwood's female bodies / Madeleine Davies -- Margaret Atwood and environmentalism / Shannon Hengen -- Margaret Atwood and history / Coomi S. Vevaina -- Home and nation in Margaret Atwood's later fiction / Eleanora Rao -- Margaret Atwood's humor / Marta Dvorak -- Margaret Atwood's poetry and poetics / Branko Gorjup -- Margaret Atwood's short stories and shorter fictions / Reingard M. Nischik -- Margaret Atwood's dystopian visions : The handmaid's tale and Oryx and Crake / Coral Ann Howells -- Blindness and survival in Margaret Atwood's major novels / Sharon R. Wilson. An introduction to the works of Margaret Atwood that present essays from twelve leading critics offering a comprehensive overview of Atwood's novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. 823.09 WAG Wagenknecht, Edward, 1900-. Cavalcade of the English novel : with supplementary bibliography. New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1954. 813 CEN Censorship in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2011. A collection of essays exploring the theme of censorship in Ray Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451," with background information on censorship during Bradbury's time, the author's life, social issues related to the novel, and other topics. 823 B Charles Dickens. New York: Chelsea House, 1987. A collection of critical essays on Dickens and his works. REF 823.8 DAV Davis, Paul B. (Paul Benjamin), 1934-. Charles Dickens A to Z : the essential reference to his life and work. New York: Facts On File, c1998. Contains over 2,500 alphabetically arranged entries that provide a wide variety of information about nineteenth-century English novelist Charles Dickens, covering his novels and other writings, characters, biographical details, social themes, literary forms and terms, and other topics. 823 CHA Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. New York : Chelsea House, 1987. REF 821.1 ROS Rossignol, Rosalyn. Chaucer A to Z : the essential reference to his life and works. New York : Facts On File, c1999. 823 CHR The chronicles of Narnia and philosophy : the lion, the witch, and the worldview. Chicago : Open Court, c2005. Farewell to shadowlands : believing, doubting, and knowing-- The Tao in Narnia : morality and the good life -- Further up and further in : exploring the deeper nature of reality -- The deepest magic : religion and the transcendent. A collection of essays on the philosophical implications of the Narnia series focusing on the ethical, spiritual, mythic, and moral aspects of the characters. 823 CLA Class conflict in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2011. Collects essays that examine how Emily Bronte depicted the theme of class conflict in her "Wuthering Heights," providing historical context on Bronte's life and times, and discussing the tensions between the Earnshaws and the Lintons, nineteenth-century class conventions, and twenty-first century perspectives on class conflict. REF 810.9 CON Colonization to the American Renaissance, 1640-1865. Detroit, MI : Gale Research,, 1988. REF 810.9
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