A reader's manifesto: an attack on the growing pretentiousness in American literary prose, B. R. Myers, Melville House, 2002, 0971865906, 9780971865907, 149 pages. Available for the first time, the full-length, unexpurgated version of the essay that incited one of the most passionate literary controversies ever in American letters . . .When the Atlantic Monthly first published an excerpted version of B.R. Myers' polemicвЂ―in which he attacked literary giants such as Don Delillo, Annie Proulx, and Cormac McCarthy, quoting their work extensively to accuse them of mindless pretensionвЂ―it caused a world-wide sensation."A welcome contrarian takes on the state of contemporary American literary prose," said a Wall Street Journal review. "Useful mischief," said Jonathan Yardley in The Washington Post. "Brilliantly written," declared The Times of London.But Myers' expanded version of the essay does more than just attack sanctified literary heavyweights.It also:* Examines the literary hierarchy that perpetuates the status quo by looking at the reviews that the novelists in question received. It also considers the literary award system. "Rick Moody received an O. Henry Award in 1997," Myers observes, "whereupon he was made an O. Henry juror himself. And so it goes."* Showcases Myers' biting sense of wit, as in the new section, "Ten Rules for 'Serious' Writers," and his discussion of the sex scenes in the bestselling books of David Guterson ("If Jackie Collins had written that," Myers says after one example, "reviewers would have had a field day.")* Champions clear writing and storytelling in a wide range of writers, from "pop" novelists such as Stephen King to more "serious" literary heavyweights such as Somerset Maugham. Myers also considers the classics such as Balzac and Henry James, and recommends numerous other undeservedly obscure authors.* Includes an all-new section in which Myers not only considers the controversy that followed the Atlantic essay, but responds to several of his most prominent critics.Published on the one-year anniversary of original Atlantic Monthly essay, the new, expanded A READER'S MANIFESTO continues B.R. Myers' fight on behalf of the American reader, arguing against pretension in so-called "literary" fiction, naming names and brilliantly exposing the literary status quo..

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Writing for your life #3 , Sybil Steinberg, Jonathan Bing, Sep 1, 1997, Language Arts & Disciplines, 302 pages. Contains interviews with fifty writers, including Mary Catherine Bateson, Len Deighton, Ernest J. Gaines, Edna O'Brien, Reynolds Price, and Elie Wiesel.

Brokeback Mountain , Annie Proulx, 2005, Fiction, 55 pages. The friendship between Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two cowboys, evolves into an intimate relationship while they are working together as a herder and camp tender, sharing a ....

The evasion-English dictionary , Maggie Balistreri, Oct 1, 2003, Humor, 87 pages. What if you fired your shrink and hired a proofreader? More than just a dictionary of euphemisms by a hip young linguist,The Evasion-English Dictionaryis a merciless ....

David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars , Jennifer Haytock, May 22, 2002, Literary Criticism, 87 pages. This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular .... Gas Light A Victorian Thriller in Three Acts, Patrick Hamilton, Jan 1, 1975, Detective, 83 pages. .

The outlook for American prose , Joseph Warren Beach, 1968, Literary Criticism, 284 pages. .

White Noise , Don DeLillo, 2009, Fiction, 310 pages. Jack Gladney, a professor of Nazi history at a Middle American liberal arts school, and his family try to handle normal family life as a black cloud of lethal gaseous fumes ....

The Oxford book of American prose , Mark Van Doren, 1932, American prose literature, 662 pages. .

Cormac McCarthy , Harold Bloom, Jan 1, 2009, Mexican-American Border Region, 216 pages. Presents a collection of critical essays about the works of Cormac McCarthy..

The prose writers of America , Rufus Wilmot Griswold, 1870, American prose literature, 699 pages. .

Through the custom-house nineteenth-century American fiction and modern theory, John Carlos Rowe, Sep 1, 1982, Literary Criticism, 218 pages. Presents philosophical and linguistic analyses of writings by American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and Henry James.

The Book Shopper A Life in Review, Murray Browne, 2009, Literary Criticism, 215 pages. In search of a good book? Browne provides rich leads and much wit. Go, shop, read!.

Studies in literary types in seventeenth century America, 1607-1710 , Josephine Ketcham Piercy, 1969, Literary Criticism, 368 pages. .

Style and form in American prose , Gorham Bert Munson, 1929, American prose literature, 313 pages. .

Writer's Workshop in a Book The Squaw Valley Community of Writers on the Art of Fiction, Alan Cheuse, Lisa Alvarez, Jun 7, 2007, Language Arts & Disciplines, 219 pages. An anthology of essays and tutorials brings together the wisdom, insights, advice, and inspiration from the Squaw Valley Community of Writers workshops, seminars, and lectures ....

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