Adolescent Female Portraits in the American Novel 1961-1981
Title | Adolescent Female Portraits in the American Novel 1961-1981 PDF eBook |
Author | Jane S. Bakerman |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 207 |
Release | 2019-10-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1000652378 |
Originally published in 1983, this title lists and annotates reference sources which will help readers select primary materials useful in studies of the literary portraits of women and their societal roles. The years 1961 to 1981 were set as boundaries for this volume because the author’s initial research revealed that a twenty-year span was a manageable unit, because the novels published between those dates yielded abundant materials for such a reference work, and because significant changes in the way portraits of adolescent females were being drawn took place during the period – for example, sex-role stereotyping became a shade less prevalent, young women’s sexuality was discussed more forthrightly, and some topics (such as single women’s pregnancies and lesbianism) were treated more overtly, sometimes less judgementally.
Comic Crime
Title | Comic Crime PDF eBook |
Author | Earl F. Bargainnier |
Publisher | Popular Press |
Total Pages | 212 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 9780879723842 |
The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime.
And Then There Were Nine-- More Women of Mystery
Title | And Then There Were Nine-- More Women of Mystery PDF eBook |
Author | Jane S. Bakerman |
Publisher | Popular Press |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780879723194 |
Within the formulas of crime fiction, this collection ranges from writers Daphne du Maurier and Margery Allingham, whose names are synonymous with conventional subgenres of crime fiction, through Patricia Highsmith, and Shirley Jackson, who deliberately set conventions aside or who moved those conventions into other realms. Most important, perhaps, Jackson, Highsmith and E. X. Ferrars depict civilizations that are not essentially orderly, that are not founded upon a commonly understood concept of justice--where one must make her own order.
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory
Title | Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 676 |
Release | 2009-03-23 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1135221294 |
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Cops and Constables
Title | Cops and Constables PDF eBook |
Author | Earl F. Bargainnier |
Publisher | Popular Press |
Total Pages | 220 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780879723347 |
In both British and American detective fiction the police detective has emerged as a fictional protagonist. However, the American policemen have not achieved the prominence of their British counterparts. The thirteen essays in this volume indicate some of the principle elements which appear again and again in both British and American police procedurals.
A Reference Guide for English Studies
Title | A Reference Guide for English Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Michael J. Marcuse |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 2816 |
Release | 2023-11-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0520321871 |
Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1
Title | Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Philip A. Greasley |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | 980 |
Release | 2001-05-30 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780253108418 |
The Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume One, surveys the lives and writings of nearly 400 Midwestern authors and identifies some of the most important criticism of their writings. The Dictionary is based on the belief that the literature of any region simultaneously captures the experience and influences the worldview of its people, reflecting as well as shaping the evolving sense of individual and collective identity, meaning, and values. Volume One presents individual lives and literary orientations and offers a broad survey of the Midwestern experience as expressed by its many diverse peoples over time.Philip A. Greasley's introduction fills in background information and describes the philosophy, focus, methodology, content, and layout of entries, as well as criteria for their inclusion. An extended lead-essay, "The Origins and Development of the Literature of the Midwest," by David D. Anderson, provides a historical, cultural, and literary context in which the lives and writings of individual authors can be considered.This volume is the first of an ambitious three-volume series sponsored by the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and created by its members. Volume Two will provide similar coverage of non-author entries, such as sites, centers, movements, influences, themes, and genres. Volume Three will be a literary history of the Midwest. One goal of the series is to build understanding of the nature, importance, and influence of Midwestern writers and literature. Another is to provide information on writers from the early years of the Midwestern experience, as well as those now emerging, who are typically absent from existing reference works.