Literature

Raymond Carver : a writer's life

2009-11-19T00:00:00-05:00

Sklenicka, Carol, 1948-

New York : Scribner, 2009.

xi, 578 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

A profile of the late short-story master analyzes the myths and controversies attributed to his character and covers his struggles with alcohol, the role of a zealous editor in shaping his first collections, and his ability to portray the challenges of ordinary people.

Talking about detective fiction

2009-11-19T00:00:00-05:00

James, P. D.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

viii, 198 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

The lost

2009-11-19T00:00:00-05:00

New York : Jove Books, 2009.

373 p. ; 18 cm.

Missing in death / J.D. Robb -- The dog days of Laurie Summer / Patricia Gaffney -- Lost in paradise / Mary Blayney -- Legacy / Ruth Ryan Langan.

War is-- : soldiers, survivors, and storytellers talk about war

2009-11-18T00:00:00-05:00

Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.

200 p. ; 24 cm.

In a provocative anthology, two editors with opposing viewpoints present an unflinching collection of works reflecting on the nature of war. It includes essays, memoirs, letters, and fiction from such contributors as Mark Twain, Bob Dylan, Chris Hedges, and Ernie Pyle. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

War is-- ? / an introduction by Patty Campbell -- People like war / an introduction by Marc Aronson -- Dead Marine becomes lesson for students / an Associated press article -- Letter to a young enlistee / by Christian Bauman -- The recruitment minefield / by Bill Bigelow -- The moment of combat : an excerpt from What every person should know about war / by Chris Hedges, with an introduction by the author -- Thou shalt not kill / an interview with army chaplain Lyn Brown -- The war prayer / by Mark Twain -- Master of war / a song by Bob Dylan -- Letters from "over there, " 1919 / excerpts from the World War I letters of Fred Duane Cowan -- In the front lines. The God-damned infantry ; A pure miracle ; The horrible waste of war ; A long thin line of personal anguish / columns by Ernie Pyle -- Memories of Vietnam. The battle of the horseshoe ; Vietnam tunnels / by C. W. Bowman, Jr. -- Letter from Vietnam / by Mickey Andrews -- Woman at war : what is is like to be a female soldier in Iraq / by Helen Benedict -- Wordsmith at war / a miliblog by Lee Kelley -- In order to see beauty in life, I had to see hell / an interview with Staff Sergeant David Bellavia -- Tough / by Joel Turnipseed -- A survivor's tale / a Nagasaki memoir by Fumiko Miura -- Killing flies / a one-act play by Rita Williams-Garcia -- Heads / a story by Margo Lanagan.

An anthology of fiction, speeches, poems, and essays about war.

Women Writing for (a) Change [electronic resource] : so much more than a writing school.

2009-11-17T15:32:11-05:00

Cincinnati, OH : Women Writing for (a) Change, c2008-

An organization founded in 1991 to foster a healthy writing community among women and girls so that writing can be an important spiritual, creative, and therapeutic practice. Offers semester classes, weekend and week-long writing retreats, and Saturday theme classes created by expert teacher-facilitators.

Title from home page (viewed on Nov. 2, 2009).

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

I can't keep my own secrets : six-word memoirs by teens famous + obscure : from Smith magazine

2009-11-17T01:56:35-05:00

New York : HarperTeen, c2009.

184 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Collects memoirs from hundreds of teenagers composed of six words, ranging from the humorous to inspiring and dramatic, and includes six-word autobiographies from popular teenage celebrities.

A book with nearly 800 authors (all aged thirteen to nineteen) and 800 characters (all real, as far as we know) and 800 stories (which can be read in any order). What every story has in common is that each was written about the author's own life, and that each is the exact same length: six words.

Includes index.

Immortal : love stories with bite

2009-11-17T01:56:35-05:00

Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, c2009.

264 p. ; 21 cm.

Seven of today's most popular YA vampire and contemporary fantasy authors offer new short stories that prove when one is immortal, true love really is forever. Includes stories by Rachel Caine, Kristin Cast, Claudia Gray, Tanith Lee, and P.C. Cast. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Introduction / P. C. Cast -- Haunted love / Cynthia Leitich Smith -- Amber Smoke / Kristin Cast -- Dead man stalking / Rachel Caine -- Table manners / Tanith Lee -- Blue moon / Richelle Mead -- Changed / Nancy Holder -- Binge / Rachel Vincent -- Free / Claudia Gray.

The Best plays theater yearbook.

2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00

Pompton Plains, NJ : Limelight Editions, 2005-

v. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Drama criticism.

2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00

Detroit : Gale Research, Inc.,

v. : ill. ; 29 cm.

"Criticism of the most significant and widely studied dramatic works from all the world's literatures."

Editors: 1991-1999; v.10 L.J. Trudeau; v.11- editors vary.

Editions for v.10- issued without chronological designation on the book.

Poetry criticism.

2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00

Detroit, MI : Gale Research Inc., c1991-<2009>

v. : ill. ; 29 cm.

"Excerpts from criticism of the works of the most significant and widely studied poets of world literature."

Literature criticism from 1400 to 1800.

2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00

Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1984-<2010>

v. : ill. ; 29 cm.

"Excerpts from criticism of the work of fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth-century novelists, poets, playwrights, philosophers, and other creative writers, from the first published critical appraisals to current evaluations" (varies).

Publisher varies: v.1-8, Gale Research Co. ; v.9-29, Gale Research Inc. ; v.30-<98> Gale Group ; by Thomson/Gale ; v.153-< v.169> by Gale/Cengage Learning..

Nineteenth-century literature criticism.

2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00

Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1981-<2009>

v. ; 29 cm.

Certain volumes are issued as a Topics volume.

Twentieth-century literary criticism.

2009-11-17T00:00:00-05:00

Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1978-<2010>

v. ; 29 cm.

"Excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights short story writers, and other creative writers 1900-1960"(varies).

Vols. called: Topics volume, containing criticism of various topics in 20th century literature.

Memoir : a history

2009-11-16T00:00:00-05:00

Yagoda, Ben.

New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.

291 p. ; 24 cm.

From Saint Augustine's "Confessions" to Augusten Burroughs's "Running with Scissors," the art of memoir has had a fascinating life. Yagoda, a critically acclaimed cultural and literary critic, offers the definitive history and analysis of the memoir. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Author's note: by way of definition -- Memoir nation/universe -- Before memoir -- These autobiographical times of ours -- The United States of autobiography -- Interlude: truth, memory and autobiography -- Eminent victorian autobiography -- One hundred percent Americans -- Modernists and movie stars -- Looking on the bright side, mainly: mid-century memoirs -- Songs of myself -- Truth and consequences.

The lineup : the world's greatest crime writers tell the inside story of their greatest detectives

2009-11-16T00:00:00-05:00

New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.

viii, 406 p. 25 cm.

Shares the stories behind the creations of many of the mystery genre's most popular characters, revealing the inspirations for such examples as Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and Alexander McCall Smith's Precious Ramotswe.

Jack Taylor / by Ken Bruen -- Jack Reacher / by Lee Child -- Hieronymus Bosch / by Michael Connelly -- Charlie Parker / by John Connolly -- Elvis Cole and Joe Pike / by Robert Crais -- Lincoln Rhyme / by Jeffery Deaver -- Inspector Morse / by Colin Dexter -- Charlie Resnick / by John Harvey -- Bob Lee Swagger / by Stephen Hunter -- Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus / by Faye Kellerman -- Alex Delaware / by Jonathan Kellerman -- Dismas Hardy / by John Lescroart -- Tess Monaghan / by Laura Lippman -- Rambo / by David Morrell -- Mallory / by Carol O' Connell -- Spenser / by Robert B. Parker -- Lou Boldt / by Ridley Pearson -- Charlotte and Thomas Pitt / by Anne Perry -- Aloysius X. L. Pendergast / by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child -- John Rebus / by Ian Rankin -- Precious Ramotswe / by Alexander McCall Smith.

Ulysses and us : the art of everyday life in Joyce's masterpiece

2009-11-16T00:00:00-05:00

Kiberd, Declan.

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., 2009.

xi, 399 p. ; 25 cm.

How Ulysses didn't change our lives -- How it might still do so -- Paralysis, self-help and revival -- Waking -- Learning -- Thinking -- Walking -- Praying -- Dying -- Reporting -- Eating -- Reading -- Wandering -- Singing -- Drinking -- Ogling -- Birthing -- Dreaming -- Parenting -- Teaching -- Loving -- Ordinary people's odysseys -- Old testaments and new -- Depression and after : Dante's Comedy -- Shakespeare, Hamlet, and company -- The long day fades.

You better not cry : stories for Christmas

2009-11-13T00:00:00-05:00

Burroughs, Augusten.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.

206 p. ; 19 cm.

In this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection Augusten Burroughs recounts Christmases past and present--as only he could. With gimleteyed wit and illuminated prose, he shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes, just sometimes, the very, very best.

You better not cry -- And two eyes made out of coal -- Claus and effect -- Ask again later -- Why do you reward me thus -- The best and only everything -- Silent night.

Ernest Hemingway's A farewell to arms

2009-11-13T00:00:00-05:00

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, c2010.

135 p. ; 23 cm.

A Farewell to Arms is Hemingway's lyrical look at World War I and is marked by the Nobel laureate's spare style and intensity of emotion. Critics debate whether this novel is, at its heart, a war story or a love story. This engaging work is examined in scholarly critical excerpts, and features an annotated bibliography, a biography of Hemingway, an index, and an introductory essay from literature scholar Harold Bloom. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Snow angels

2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00

Waterville, Me. : Wheeler Pub., 2009.

629 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

Michaels, a #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author, headlines this sparkling Christmas anthology featuring stories of love and miracles, all wrapped up in a beautiful holiday package that makes an ideal stocking stuffer. Delightful stories are also contributed by Marie Bostwick, Janna McMahan, and Rosalind Noonan. Original. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Snow angels / by Fern Michaels -- The presents of angels / by Marie Bostwick Skinner -- Decorations / by Janna McMahan -- Miracle on main street / by Rosalind Noonan.

Unbound

2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00

New York : EOS, 2009.

358 p. ; 18 cm.

Revisiting the paranormal realms they've made famous in their popular fiction, "New York Times"-bestselling authors Kim Harrison, Jeaniene Frost, Vicki Pettersson, and Jocelynn Drake--plus YA author Melissa Marr with her first adult work--unleash their full arsenal of dark talents. Original. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Ley line drifter / Kim Harrison -- Reckoning / Jeaniene Frost -- Dark matters / Vicki Pettersson -- The dead, the damned, and the forgotten / Jocelynn Drake -- Two lines / Melissa Marr.

A Regency Christmas

2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00

Toronto ; New York : Harlequin, c2009.

280 p. ; 17 cm.

Scarlet ribbons / Lyn Stone -- Christmas promise / Carla Kelly -- Little Christmas / Gail Ranstrom.

Holiday brides

2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00

New York : Leisure Books, 2009.

294 p. ; 18 cm.

The holidays aren't so festive when one is celebrating alone. But with a little luck and a lot of love, three single women find their soulmates and get the holiday weddings of their dreams, in this three-in-one anthology. Original. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

From SKB with love / Jewel Amethyst -- No ordinary gift / Farrah Rochon -- HeavenSent.com / Stefanie Worth.

Eclipse three : new science fiction and fantasy

2009-11-11T00:00:00-05:00

San Francisco : Night Shade, c2009.

289 p. ; 22 cm.

Page fright : foibles and fetishes of famous writers

2009-11-10T00:00:00-05:00

Bruce, Harry, 1934-

Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c2009.

351 p. ; 24 cm.

"A Douglas Gibson book."

The night before Christmas

2009-11-10T00:00:00-05:00

Toronto ; New York : Harlequin, c2009.

315 p. ; 17 cm.

On a snowy Christmas: When their private plane crashes in the Sierra Nevada, two political enemies discover that survival means more than just living--it also means loving. The Christmas baby: Wrapped in a bow and left on a doorstep, an innocent baby proves a true gift for three couples who have let hurt feelings get in the way of healing hearts. The Christmas Eve promise: Reluctantly returned home after a disastrous breakup, a young woman is thrown together with the man she once pushed away--but never forgot."--p.[4] of cover.

On a snowy Christmas / Brenda Novak -- The Christmas baby / Day LeClaire -- The Christmas Eve promise / Molly O'Keefe.

The awakener : a memoir of Kerouac and the fifties

2009-11-10T00:00:00-05:00

Weaver, Helen.

San Francisco, Calif. : City Lights Books, c2009.

260 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

"Helen Weaver's book was a revelation to me! . . . This is the most graphic, honest, shameless, and moving documentary of what the newly liberated women in cities got up to--how they lived, loved, and created. Who knew? It is time they did! And here's how."--Carolyn Cassady The Awakener is an intimate memoir of the author's adventures and coming-of-age alongside Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lenny Bruce, and other wild characters from the New York City of the '50s and early '60s. Helen Weaver has translated over fifty books from the French. She lives in Kingston, New York. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Sandra Cisneros's The house on Mango Street

2009-11-10T00:00:00-05:00

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, c2010.

vii, 196 p. ; 25 cm.

In her instantaneously acclaimed work, Sandra Cisneros draws on her own experience as a Hispanic woman writer facing obstacles in a patriarchal community resistant to change. Compared to the works of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, The House on Mango Street is made up of lyrical passages, interconnected vignettes, and meditations and observations that resemble prose poems. Cisneros's structurally and thematically bold work explores the often-violent coming of age of a young Mexican-American woman. This new title in the Modern Critical Interpretations series analyzes the work through full-length critical essays, and features a bibliography, notes on the contributing writers, a chronology of the author's life, an index, and an introductory essay by esteemed critic Harold Bloom. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

In search of identity in Cisneros's The house on Mango Street / Maria Elena de Vald�s -- More room of her own: Sandra Cisneros's The house on Mango Street / Jacqueline Doyle -- Literary continuity in Sandra Cisneros's The house on Mango Street / Thomas Matchie -- The house on Mango Street: a space of her own / Annie O. Eysturoy -- A home in the heart: Sandra Cisneros's The house on Mango Street / Nicholas Sloboda -- Of woman bondage: the eroticism of feet in The house on Mango Street / Michelle Scalise Sugiyama -- Culture as transition: becoming a woman in bi-ethnic space / Maria Szadziuk -- The "dual"-ing images of la Malinche and la Virgen de Guadalupe in Cisneros's The house on Mango Street / Leslie Petty -- En otras voces: multiple voices in Sandra Cisneros' The house on Mango Street / Beth L. Brunk -- "Writing will keep you free": allusions to and recreations of the fairy tale heroine in The house on Mango Street / Kelly Wissman.

Contemporary literary criticism.

2009-11-10T00:00:00-05:00

Detroit : Gale Research Co., [1973-<2009>

v. ; 27 cm.

"Excerpts from criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, playwrights, and other creative writers." (varies)

Editor: 1973-1975, C. Riley.

One volume each year is called: Contemporary literary criticism yearbook.

Writing the research paper : a handbook

2009-11-09T09:38:10-05:00

Winkler, Anthony C.

Boston, MA : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, c2008.

xxi, 356 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Get simple, specific guidance on writing a research paper with WRITING THE RESEARCH PAPER: A HANDBOOK, Seventh Edition. With its easy-to-digest steps that demystify the writing process, this accessible handbook gives you the tools you need to work independently to create well-constructed research papers-throughout your college career and beyond. Within the text, you'll discover comprehensive, up-to-date information conveyed in a calm and reassuring manner that encourages you to turn to any section of the text at any time for immediate, expert assistance. Each self-contained section is as brief as possible so you won't need to wade through extraneous material-and can be effectively used in any order, depending on your needs. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

"Includes the 2009 MLA update"--Cover.

To kill a mockingbird : by Harper Lee

2009-11-09T00:00:00-05:00

Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2010.

xii, 329 p. ; 24 cm.

This volume brings together some of the very best criticism available on Lee's timeless classic. Overview essays consider the cultural contexts surrounding the novel and the critical reception of Lee's work. Other essays offer a close examination of the novel as wisdom literature and consider the lessons being taught in the novel. Also included in this collection are character studies of Atticus Finch; a consideration of narrative strategies in both the novel and the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird; and studies of sexuality, race, and ethics as found in the novel. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

On To kill a mockingbird / Don Noble -- Biography of Harper Lee / Edythe M. McGovern -- The Paris review perspective / Sasha Weiss -- To kill a mockingbird: successes and myths / Nancy Grisham Anderson -- Mockingbird in context / Gurdip Panesar -- "Were you ever a turtle?": To kill a mockingbird--casting self as the other / Neil Heims -- To kill a mockingbird as an introduction to Faulkner / Matthew J. Bolton -- The rise and fall of Atticus Finch / Christopher Metress -- Lawyers, ethics, and To kill a mockingbird / Tim Dare -- Growing up good in Maycomb / Thomas L. Shaffer -- Atticus Finch and the mad dog: Harper Lee's To kill a mockingbird / Carolyn Jones -- The margins of Maycomb: a rereading of To kill a mockingbird / Teresa Dogwin Phelps -- "Fine fancy gentlemen" and "yappy folk": contending voices in To kill a mockingbird / Theodore R. Hovet, Grace-Ann Hovet -- Telling it in black and white: the importance of the Africanist presence in To kill a mockingbird / Diann L. Baecker -- The female voice in To kill a mockingbird: narrative strategies in film and novel / Dean Shackelford -- "When you finally see them": the unconquered eye in To kill a mockingbird / Laurie Champion -- Harper Lee and the destabilization of heterosexuality / Gary Richards.

The tales of Edgar Allan Poe

2009-11-09T00:00:00-05:00

Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2010.

viii, 294 p. ; 24 cm.

The original essays in this set illuminate the influences that shaped Poe, contextualize his work, and assess his enduring impact on American and European poetry and fiction. A sketch of the historical and cultural forces surrounding Poe illuminates their influence on his aesthetic; a reception history examines Poe's enduring contributions to the short-story genre, the French Symbolist movement, and modernist aesthetics; a comparison of Poe's and Baudelaire's works reveals how the two authors exploited the duplicitous possibilities within the writer-reader relationship. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

On Poe's tales / Steven Frye -- Biography of Edgar Allan Poe / Charles E. May -- The Paris review perspective / Nathaniel Rich -- A debt owed, a debt paid? Poe's literary cultural heritage / Jeff Grieneisen, Courtney Ruffner -- Introduction to Poe criticism / Suan Amper -- "Hypocrite lecteur": the reader as accomplice in Poe's short stories / Matthew J. Bolton -- Edgar Allan Poe's fantastic short stories / Santiago Rodr�guez Guerrero-Strachan -- Irresistible impulses: Edgar Allan Poe and the insanity defense / John Clemen -- The limits of reason: Poe's deluded detectives / J. Gerald Kennedy -- What happens in "The fall of the house of Usher"? / J. O. Bailey -- Poe and the powers of the mind / Robert Shulman -- The motive for murder in "The cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe / Elena V. Baraban -- The problem of realism in "The gold bug" / J. Woodrow Hassell, Jr. -- The self-consuming narrator in Poe's "Ligeia" and "Usher" / Ronald Bieganowski -- Poe's re-vision: the recovery of the second story / Cynthia S. Jordan -- Absolute Poe: his system of transcendental racism / Maurice S. Lee.

The Joy Luck Club : by Amy Tan

2009-11-09T00:00:00-05:00

Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2010.

viii, 323 p. ; 24 cm.

This volume presents four original survey essays that provide the reader with a useful framework for studying Tan's novel. The first essay begins by surveying the critical reception of Tan's works, particularly Joy Luck. Other essays consider the mechanics of Tan's novel, including structure, narration, style, and themes, and compare and contrast Tan's book with Michael Cunningham's The Hours. Previously published essays include an examination of the traditional Chinese beliefs found in the novel, a comparison of The Joy Luck Club to The Kitchen God's Wife, and two interviews with the author. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

On The Joy Luck Club / Robert C. Evans -- Biography of Amy Tan / Joanne McCarthy -- The Paris review perspective / Karl Taro Greenfeld -- Amy Tan: a look at the critical reception / Camille-Yvette Welsch -- The Joy Luck Club: cultural and historical contexts / Robert C. Evans -- The structure of The Joy Luck Club: themes and variations / Doris L. Eder -- The interplay of unity and diversity in The Joy Luck Club and The hours / Neil Heims -- Amy Tan: an interview / Barbara Somogy, David Stanton -- Memory and the ethnic self: reading Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club / Ben Xu -- "Only two kinds of daughters": inter-monologue dialogicity in The Joy Luck Club / Stephen Souris -- Mothers and daughters / Esther Mikyung Ghymn -- Voice, mind, self: mother-daughter relationships in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and The kitchen god's wife / M. Marie Booth Foster -- Feng Shui, astrology, and the five elements: traditional Chinese belief in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club / Patricia L. Hamilton -- "That was China, that was their fate": ethnicity and agency in The Joy Luck Club / Patricia P. Chu -- Narrative beginnings in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club: a feminist study / Chatherine Romagnolo -- The Joy Luck Club after twenty years: an interview with Amy Tan / Robert C. Evans.

The handmaid's tale : by Margaret Atwood

2009-11-09T00:00:00-05:00

Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2010.

xiii, 320 p. ; 24 cm.

Collected here are some the novel's best critics to introduce students to one of Atwood's most widely read novels. Original essays lend context to the novel by surveying the political and cultural events out of which the novel grew as well as how Atwood's critics have responded to the novel. Two other original essays explore the novel in light of the dystopian literary tradition and feminist literary theory. A collection of republished essays continues the conversation with consideration of the novel's narrative structure and an examination of the role of love in the novel. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

On The handmaid's tale / J. Brooks Bouson -- Biography of Margaret Atwood / Karen Carmean, Karen F. Sein, Earl G. Ingersoll -- The Paris review perspective / Jascha Hoffman -- Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's tale (1985): cultural and historical context / Lisa Jadwin -- Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's tale: critical reception / Dominick Grace -- "This is the way the world ends": Margaret Atwood and the dystopian impulse / Matthew J. Bolton -- Feminism and The handmaid's tale / Jennifer E. Dunn -- The handmaid's tale / Coral Ann Howells -- "Trust me": reading the romance plot in Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's tale / Madonne Miner -- "Just a backlash": Margaret Atwood, feminism, and The handmaid's tale / Shirley Neuman -- Alice in Disneyland: criticism as commodity in The handmaid's tale / Chinmoy Banerjee -- Selves, survival, and resistance in The handmaid's tale / Elisabeth Hansot -- "We lived in the blank white space": rewriting the paradigm of denial in Atwood's The handmaid's tale / Danita J. Dodson -- Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's tale: resistance through narrating / Hilde Staels -- A body in fragments: Life before man and The handmaid's tale / Eleonora Rao -- Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's tale: Scheherazade in dystopia / Karen F. Stein -- The handmaid's tale as Scrabble game / Joseph Andriano.

Great expectations : by Charles Dickens

2009-11-09T00:00:00-05:00

Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2010.

viii, 312 p. ; 24 cm.

This volume of critical approaches brings together a lively and diverse selection of essays on Dickens's classic novel Great Expectations. Of primary concern in a number of the essays reprinted in this volume is the moral character of the protagonist, Pip. Some essays argue that Pip achieves a sort of moral autonomy as the novel progresses, while others view Pip as a victimof both his own demons and the plotting of others. In the volume's concluding essay, the topic of Dickens's treatment of gender and class is discussed. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

On Great expectations / Eugene Goodheart -- Biography of Charles Dickens / Charles E. May -- The Paris review perspective / Elizabeth Gumport -- Great expectations in context / Gurdip Panesar -- The critical reception of Great expectations / Shanyn Fiske -- From sham to "gentle Christian man" in Great expectations / Mary Ann Tobin -- Stories present and absent in Great expectations / Eiichi Hara -- Repetition, repression, and return: Great expectations and the study of plot / Peter Brooks -- Realism as self-forgetfulness: gender, ethics, and Great expectations / Caroline Levine -- From magwitch to Miss Havisham: narrative interaction and mythic structure in Charles Dickens's Great expectations / Calum Kerr -- A second level of symbolism in Great expectations / Elizabeth MacAndrew -- Christian allusion, comedic structure, and the metaphor of baptism in Great expectations / John Cunningham -- Memory and confession in Great expectations/ Samuel Sipe -- Manual conduct in Great expectations / William A. Cohen -- Gender and class in Dickens: making connections / Peter Scheckner.