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Author: Frank Northen Magill
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 492

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Includes more than 360 interpretative essays on works of twentieth-century fiction published in the United States and Latin America.

Author: Charles Edward May
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 676

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Examines the theme, characters, plot, style and technique of more than 1,200 nineteenth- and twentieth-century works by prominent authors from around the world.

Author: Frank Northen Magill
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 648

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"Entries ae arranged alphabetically by title, with the type of work, author, type and time of plot, locale, first publication date, and principal characters listed. A plot synopsis is followed by a critical essay and a brief bibliography. Each entry is three to four pages in length. The four indexes included are by chronological date, by geographic locale, by title, and by author. The title 'Masterplots' does not convey the depth of information contained in the 12 volumes. The titles treated range chronologically from antiquity to the early 1990s, with the major emphasis on literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. While the majority of the entries are British, European, and United States fiction, the work also encompasses drama, works or collections of poetry, and nonfiction." Am Ref Books Annu, 1997.

Author: Steven G. Kellman
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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Includes more than 360 interpretative essays on works of twentieth-century fiction published in the United States and Latin America.

Author: Salem Press
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ISBN: 9780893566258
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Supplement volumes 7-9 (a-fou, fre-poem, and poet-z) contain discussions of 376 poems from the eighth to the late twentieth century. The volumes complement the original six-volume Masterplots II: Poetry Series (1992), continuing its pagination and volume- number sequence. They extend coverage to well-known poems that were not in the original series and to more 20th-century poems--allowing more discussions of work by African Americans, Hispanic, Asian American, and American Indian writers. Entries for each selected poem begin with a description of the poem, then discuss forms and devices and themes and meanings. Quick reference information at the head of each entry includes the author, type of poem, and date of first publication. The cumulative indexes in volume nine include an index by type of poem. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author: Philip K. Jason
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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Comprehensive coverage of the most commonly studied poems written in or translated into English.

Author: Tyrone Williams
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Williams (Xavier U.) presents 367 three-to-four page essays, 101 commissioned new for this edition, on significant African American works of literature, from Afrocentricity: The Theory of Social Change, a work of cultural criticism by Molefi K. Asante,to Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, the "biomythography" of Audre Lorde. The works covered range from early colonial era writings through works of the beginning of the 21st century. Most of the essays address a single long work, while others review an author's work in a certain genre, such as short fiction, poetry, essays, or speeches. Each entry begins with information on title, subtitle, author's name and birth/death dates, type of work, date of first publication and production. For fiction, information is also presented on type of plot, setting, and principal characters. The essays then describe events or contents of the work and address broad themes and meanings connected to the work. Essays on fiction works include discussion of main character or characters, while nonfiction work includes sections on "form and content" and "analysis." All essays end with discussion of critical context. Also included with the essays are annotated bibliographies on secondary sources. The final volume includes indexes organized by type of work, title, and authors. Examples of works covered, in addition to the two already mentioned, include Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany, The Black Muslims in America by C. Eric Lincoln; The Content of Our Character by Shelby Steele, Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, Roots by Alex Haley, The Signifying Monkey by Henry Louis Gates, Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington, and Walkin' the Dog by Walter Mosley. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author: Steven G. Kellman
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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Includes more than 360 interpretative essays on works of twentieth-century fiction published in the United States and Latin America.

Author: Frank Northen Magill
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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Author: Jared Gardner
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801865381
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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In Master Plots, Jared Gardner examines the tangled intersection of racial and national discourses in early American narrative. While it is well known that the writers of the early national period were preoccupied with differentiating their work from European models, Gardner argues that the national literature of the United States was equally motivated by the desire to differentiate white Americans from blacks and Indians. To achieve these ends, early American writers were drawn to fantasies of an "American race," and an American literature came to be defined not only by its desire for cultural uniqueness but also by its defense of racial purity.