Download or read book Holden s Dollar Magazine of Criticisms Biographies Sketches Essays Tales Reviews Poetry Etc Etc written by Charles Frederick Briggs and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Temperance Offering Consisting of Essays Tales and Poetry by Eminent Temperance Writers Edited by J S Buckingham The Origin Object and Operations of the London Temperance League Constitution and Laws of the League written by London Temperance League (LONDON) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Essays Tales and Poems written by Thomas Starling NORGATE (the Elder.) and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Essays on American Humor written by Walter Blair and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Blair was the literary scholar who almost single-handedly gave the study of American humor significance in the academic world. By categorizing the writings of American literary humorists into such diverse styles as the Old Southwest, Local Color, and Literary Comedian humor -- each having serious social import--Blair abolished the notion that they were all practicing the same kind of intellectual irreverence. Moving through more than six decades of Walter Blair's works, Essays on American Humor: Blair through the Ages provides a comprehensive introduction to the discipline he developed. Hamlin Hill has selected and ordered this collection to show the scope of Blair's expertise, which encompasses the careers of tall-tale characters like Baron Munchausen as well as the achievements of such real-life humorists as E. B. White. The pieces range in time from Blair's introduction to the 1928 edition of Julia A. Moore's poetry to his 1989 introduction to a work commemorating Davy Crockett's two-hundredth anniversary. Historical and biographical essays, source-and-influence studies, and analyses of texts constitute the bulk of the book. An entire section is devoted to discourses on Mark Twain, Blair's major subject.
Download or read book Hermann Hesse written by Joseph Mileck and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A critical biography far surpassing the previous ones."--Times Higher Education Supplement "There are to be sure many writers whose biographies are more interesting than their fiction but Hesse is not one of these. He led a long and sometimes eventful life with marital tensions, traveL controversy, crises, even some thoughts of suicide and a period of time as a student in a home for retarded and unmanageable. In addition, there was his search which led him through the culture and arts of West and East, his views of politics and society, of psychology and philosophy. The difference between Hesse and other writers is that virtually every shred and patch of his life was brought into his writing, his fiction particularly. 'He had to write about himself and there is little of what he wrote that is not confessional in form and therapeutic in function.' Autobiography is the very matter of his work. Mileck's contribution is to extend and fill out the evidence of his life, his psychoanalysis, his drive toward self-realization which was the very engine of his being, to show the raw material and thus to invite readers to see how it was transmuted, transfigured, fantasized, poeticized, symbolized."--Los Angeles Times "Hesse was a prolific author for some 60 years, and his mind drew everything it contemplated into his private wars between flesh and spirit. objectivity and subjectivity, the longings for society and isolation. No one is better qualified to disentangle this abundance than Mileck, compiler of the huge two-volume Hesse bibliography. For completeness, then, no biography in English compares." --Kirkus Reviews "Mileck provides his own translations of the German quotations from Hesse's works, and the eight interpretive chapters are thoroughly indexed, making the work readily accessible to researchers and students concerned with specific Hesse questions and themes. This very readable book also contains a number of exceptional photographs, which, together with Mileck's fervor and understanding of the author, help create a living image of Hesse the man and the artist."--Choice "Professor Mileck . .. brings to his task an acquaintanceship with Hesse's published and unpublished writings .. . which borders on omniscience. This is a literary biography which concentrates on the works and looks at the life of its subject briefly and always in relation to its involvement with the works . . . [This] is true scholarship, which does not make the book less readable and accessible to the general public. . . . a solid and valuable book which should make it easier . . . to bring [Hesse] back into the orbit of serious appreciation in the English-speaking world." --Books and Bookmen
Download or read book The Crock of Gold and Other Tales written by Martin Farquhar Tupper and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales written by Amiri Baraka and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A clutch of early stories from the poet, playwright, and provocateur, infused with jazz and informed by racial alienation” (Kirkus Reviews). “Baraka was, without question, the central figure of the Black Arts Movement, and was the most important theorist of that movement’s expression of the ‘Black Aesthetic,’ which took hold of the African American cultural imagination in earnest in the late sixties. While known primarily for his plays, poems, and criticism of black music, Baraka was also a master of the short story form, as this collection attests. Tales first appeared in 1967 and is an impressionistic and sometimes surrealistic collection of short fiction, showcasing Amiri Baraka’s great impact on African American literature of the 1950s and 1960s. Tales is a critical volume in Amiri Baraka’s oeuvre, and an important testament to his remarkable literary legacy.” —Henry Louis Gates Jr. The sixteen artful and nuanced stories in this reissue of Amiri Baraka’s seminal 1967 collection fall into two parts: the first nine concern themselves with the sensibility of a hip, perceptive young black man in white America. The last seven stories endeavor to place that same man within the context of his awareness of and participation in a rapidly emerging and powerfully felt negritude. They deal, it might be said, with the black man in black America. Yet these tales are not social tracts, but absolutely masterful fiction—provocative, witty, and, at times, bitter and aggressive.
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Download or read book The Lincoln Library of Essential Information an Up to Date Manual for Daily Reference for Self Instruction and for General Culture Named in Appreciative Remembrance of Abraham Lincoln the Foremost American Exemplar of Self Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 2316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Short Stories of Charles Dickens 190 Titles in One Volume Illustrated Edition written by Charles Dickens and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-26 with total page 3175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Complete Short Stories of Charles Dickens: 190+ Titles in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)', readers are treated to a collection of Dickens' lesser-known works, showcasing his versatility as a writer beyond his renowned novels. The stories are characterized by Dickens' signature blend of social commentary, humor, and intricate character development, making them a must-read for fans of his iconic novels. The illustrated edition enhances the reading experience by providing visual representations of the settings and characters, bringing the stories to life in a new way. This compilation offers a comprehensive look at Dickens' shorter works, highlighting his skills as a master storyteller in shorter formats. Born in Victorian England, Charles Dickens was a prolific writer who used his works to shed light on the social injustices of his time. His personal experiences and observations of the society around him heavily influenced his writing, emphasizing themes of poverty, class struggle, and redemption. 'The Complete Short Stories of Charles Dickens' showcases the breadth of Dickens' creative talent, offering readers a deeper understanding of his literary legacy. I highly recommend 'The Complete Short Stories of Charles Dickens' to readers who appreciate Dickens' novels and want to explore his lesser-known works. This collection provides a rich and diverse selection of stories that capture the essence of Dickens' writing, making it a valuable addition to any literature lover's bookshelf.
Download or read book Reference Guide to Russian Literature written by Neil Cornwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1998. This volume will surely be regarded as the standard guide to Russian literature for some considerable time to come... It is therefore confidently recommended for addition to reference libraries, be they academic or public.
Download or read book Elizabeth Stuart Phelps written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The well-educated daughter of a minister, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911) was introduced to writing at a young age, as both her mother and father were published writers. In 1868 she published her first major novel, The Gates Ajar. An international success, the novel sold more than six hundred thousand copies, making it one of the best-selling American works of the nineteenth century. Through the next four decades Phelps published hundreds of essays, tales, and poems, which appeared in every major American periodical, while also writing novels, including Beyond the Gates (1883) and The Gates Between (1887). Phelps’s legacy as an important American writer, however, has been hurt by the seeming contradictions between her life and work. For example, she was an ardent advocate for women’s rights both inside and outside marriage, but her stories seem to glorify the sort of extreme self-sacrifice associated with the most conservative domestic ideology. In this collection, the editors seek to restore Phelps’s reputation by bringing together a diverse collection from the entire body of her lifetime of work. From arguments for suffrage to harrowing tales of Reconstruction, these essays, along with short fiction and poetry, provide a new perspective on a major American writer from the later nineteenth century.
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