The first book-length work to examine the entirety of Kingston's unique literary career.
This book examines the entirety of Kingston's literary career, from The Woman Warrior to her most recent volume of poetry. It includes scholarly assessments, interviews, biographical information, and her own critical analysis to provide a complete and complex picture of Kingston…
The first book-length work to examine the entirety of Kingston's unique literary career. This book examines the entirety of Kingston's literary career, from The Woman Warrior to her most recent volume of poetry. It includes scholarly assessments, interviews, biographical informa…
"Understanding Jill McCorkle introduces readers to the novels and short story collections of Jill McCorkle's growing canon. Since 1984 McCorkle has written five novels, including The Cheer Leader and Carolina Moon, and two books of short stories - Crash Diet and Final Vinyl Days…
"Among the most celebrated American poets of the past half century, Adrienne Rich was the recipient of awards ranging from the Bollingen Prize, to the National Book Award, to the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award. In Understanding Adrienne Rich, Jeannette E. Riley assesses the f…
"Since its publication in 2003, Understanding David Foster Wallace has served as an accessible introduction to the rich array of themes and formal innovations that have made Wallace's fiction so popular and influential. The original edition addressed only his first four works of…
"Since its publication in 2003, Understanding David Foster Wallace has served as an accessible introduction to the rich array of themes and formal innovations that have made Wallace's fiction so popular and influential. The original edition addressed only his first four works of…
"An inviting point of entrance into the truth seeking, genre defying novels of the award-winning author. Although two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead ardently resists overarching categorizations of his work, Derek C. Maus argues in this volume that Whitehead's books …
"An inviting point of entrance into the truth seeking, genre defying novels of the award-winning author. Although two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead ardently resists overarching categorizations of his work, Derek C. Maus argues in this volume that Whitehead's books …