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Salem Press
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English
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Essays draw on Kingsolver's biography to discuss the evolution of her political convictions and locate her as an inheritor of the political fiction of the 1930s; review the major pieces of Kingsolver criticism and the popular reception of her books; demonstrate how her first novel, The Bean Trees, affirms positive portrayals of racial and ethnic others; and offer an ecofeminist reading of Prodigal Summer.
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Salem Press
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English
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For more than fifty years, Catcher has thrived on its reputation as an underground text, passed among ardent readers with cult-like fanaticism, hard core fans who have found in the lonely misfit Holden Caulfield a companion, a friend for life. The essays in this volume offer an examination of the novel's impact over time, and include discussions of the reach of Salinger's influence, Catcher's tumultuous history, and the culture and politics of the...
10) Dystopia
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Publisher
Salem Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
To be dystopian, a work needs to foreground the oppressive society in which it is set, using that setting as an opportunity to comment in a critical way on some other society, typically that of the author and/or the audience. In other worlds, the bleak dystopian world should encourage the reader or viewer to think critically about it, then to transfer this critical thinking to his or her own world. This volume in the Critical Insights series presents...
14) Maya Angelou
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Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Series
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Deconstruction of the promise of prosperity and success--and often subsequent disillusionment--associated with the American Dream and Experience "The American Dream" is a phrase that has become an essential component of the American experience, a phrase that, once entered into the national lexicon, has come to define our nation's identity, underlying nearly every aspect of our lives. And since the birth of the founding document of our nation, the...
Series
Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"A survey of fiction that examines society and politics from the margins, often with radical and alternative views of the world. The literature of protest is defined as fiction and poetry that emerges from minority social positions and will critique majority status quo conditions. This literature covers a wide range of periods and will emerge from a variety of international authors and events, from American abolitionist narratives to the critique...
18) Kurt Vonnegut
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Publisher
Salem Press/Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Critical acclaim eluded Kurt Vonnegut until Slaughterhouse-Five was published in 1969. An immediate best seller, it earned for the author respect from critics who had previously dismissed him as a mediocre science-fiction writer. Over the course of his career, Vonnegut was honored as the Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard University, as a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and as the Distinguished Professor of English Prose at...
19) William Faulkner
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Publisher
Salem Press, A division of EBSCO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
20) John Steinbeck
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Publisher
Salem Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Easily one of America's most important novelists, John Steinbeck has been a favorite among readers of all kinds for decades. A versatile, restless writer who constantly experimented with new forms and genres, he seems to offer something for everyone-whether rapturous descriptions of the California landscape, fierce denunciations of social injustices, simple morality tales, or just picaresque adventure stories. His simple prose style makes him a perennial...