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Francis Plug

Autor: Paul Ewen

Número de Páginas: 313

FRANCIS PLUG is back. The lovable misfit is now adjusting to life as a newly published author. Interviews and publicity are coming his way, not to mention considerable acclaim. But Francis can't understand why people think he was writing fiction... He also has plenty of other problems – and very little money. Fortunately, he's handed a lifeline when he lands a job as Writer-in-Residence at the University of Greenwich. Unfortunately, this involves interacting with more new people, which isn't exactly Francis's strong suit. Try as he might, the staff and students at the university seem to have great difficulty knowing what to make of Francis. (Not to mention the trouble that he has making sense of himself...). Oh – and now he also needs to hook in some big-name authors for the Greenwich Book Festival, and has to write his own campus novel. The urgent questions build and build – and Francis is in no state to answer them Will he keep his job? Will he be able to secretly sleep inside a university office? Will anyone find out that he did a wee in the corridor? ... Find out as Francis embarks on a new adventure, more intoxicating and hilarious than ever.

Novel Shakespeares

Autor: Julie Sanders

Número de Páginas: 274

Much recent contemporary fiction by women has appropriated and adapted themes and plot structures found in Shakespearean drama. This is an innovative study of these texts. It considers novels by authors set in locations covering the globe.

Mother Jones Magazine

Número de Páginas: 60

Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.

The American Midwest

Autor: Andrew R. L. Cayton , Richard Sisson , Chris Zacher

Número de Páginas: 1918

This first-ever encyclopedia of the Midwest seeks to embrace this large and diverse area, to give it voice, and help define its distinctive character. Organized by topic, it encourages readers to reflect upon the region as a whole. Each section moves from the general to the specific, covering broad themes in longer introductory essays, filling in the details in the shorter entries that follow. There are portraits of each of the region's twelve states, followed by entries on society and culture, community and social life, economy and technology, and public life. The book offers a wealth of information about the region's surprising ethnic diversity -- a vast array of foods, languages, styles, religions, and customs -- plus well-informed essays on the region's history, culture and values, and conflicts. A site of ideas and innovations, reforms and revivals, and social and physical extremes, the Midwest emerges as a place of great complexity, signal importance, and continual fascination.

American Writers

Autor: Elizabeth H. Oakes

Número de Páginas: 449

"American Writers focuses on the rich diversity of American novelists

Nos premiers jours

Autor: Jane Smiley

Número de Páginas: 592

Walter et Rosanna Langdon caressent un rêve ; posséder une ferme à eux, un giron protecteur où fonder une famille. C'est sur les terres sublimes de l'Iowa que se bâtit la légende des Langdon et de leurs enfants, qui vont connaître, de près ou de loin, les bouleversements de la première moitié du XXe siècle. Cette traversée commence en 1920, à l'aube de la Dépression, et s'achève en 1953. Le temps pour une génération d'éclore ; pour une autre de voir le monde changer. Dans cette puissante saga familiale, Jane Smiley épouse le rythme de la vie, les caprices du temps, du hasard, de l'Histoire. Elle excelle à camper des personnages attachants, incarnant avec humanité et tendresse leur Amérique.

A Delicate Aggression

Autor: David O. Dowling

Número de Páginas: 440

A vibrant history of the renowned and often controversial Iowa Writers' Workshop and its celebrated alumni and faculty As the world's preeminent creative writing program, the Iowa Writers' Workshop has produced an astonishing number of distinguished writers and poets since its establishment in 1936. Its alumni and faculty include twenty-eight Pulitzer Prize winners, six U.S. poet laureates, and numerous National Book Award winners. This volume follows the program from its rise to prominence in the early 1940s under director Paul Engle, who promoted the "workshop" method of classroom peer criticism. Meant to simulate the rigors of editorial and critical scrutiny in the publishing industry, this educational style created an environment of both competition and community, cooperation and rivalry. Focusing on some of the exceptional authors who have participated in the program--such as Flannery O'Connor, Dylan Thomas, Kurt Vonnegut, Jane Smiley, Sandra Cisneros, T. C. Boyle, and Marilynne Robinson--David Dowling examines how the Iowa Writers' Workshop has shaped professional authorship, publishing industries, and the course of American literature.

The Midwestern Novel

Autor: Nancy L. Bunge

Número de Páginas: 209

With Huckleberry Finn, American fiction changed radically and shifted its setting to the middle of the country. A focus on social issues replaced the philosophic and psychological explorations that dominated the work of Melville and Hawthorne. Colloquial speech rather than elevated language articulated these fresh ideas, while common folk rather than dramatic characters like Ahab and Hester Prynne played central roles. This transformation of American literature has been largely ignored, while during the 130 years since Huckleberry Finn the Midwest has continued to produce writers whose work, like Twain's, addresses injustice by portraying the decency of ordinary people. Since the end of the 19th century, Midwestern authors have dismissed the elite and celebrated those whom the power structure typically excludes: children, women, African-Americans and the lower classes. Instead of wealth and power, this literature values authenticity and compassion. The book explores this literary tradition by examining the work of 30 Midwestern writers including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, Richard Wright, Saul Bellow, Toni Morrison, Jonathan Franzen, Jane Smiley and Louise ...

Un métier dangereux

Autor: Jane Smiley

Número de Páginas: 210

1851, Monterey, Californie. L’Ouest, le vrai. Prématurément veuve – délivrée d’un mari qu’elle a suivi sans passion depuis son Michigan natal –, la jeune Eliza devient prostituée dans une maison bien tenue, sous l’égide d’une patronne soucieuse du bien-être de ses « filles », la très sage Mrs Parks. C’est le temps de l’indépendance, des amitiés confraternelles, de la découverte de soi et de la littérature. Mais voilà qu'une série de meurtres viennent faucher de jeunes consoeurs. Face à l’indifférence des autorités, et inspirée par les aventures du détective Dupin, d’Edgar Allan Poe, Eliza décide de mener l’enquête. La grande Jane Smiley revient célébrer avec malice l’élan de rébellion féminin et signe un western souriant, une enquête à la Agatha Christie au temps de la ruée vers l’or.

The Thinking Man's Guide to Women

Autor: J. Steven Carr

Número de Páginas: 271

Guys, have you ever asked yourself, "Why is she so irrational?" Or, "Why does she always have to be right?" Ladies, have you ever asked yourself, "What do I really want?" Or, "He's right, why can't I tell him?" This book contains the answer and more.

Mi cabello y yo

Autor: Elisabeth Benedict

Número de Páginas: 228

Casi todas las mujeres tienen una relación especial con su cabello y este libro refleja distintas historias narradas por escritoras de distinta procedencia y cultura. Pero no se trata de un libro sobre el cabello, sino que es tan solo la excusa que da lugar a escritos que recogen reflexiones sobre la autoestima, los roles familiares, la maternidad, la salud, la política, la sexualidad, etc…Son 27 relatos cortos que reflejan diferentes ámbitos de la vida, desde símbolos y costumbres en bodas hindúes, rituales judíos jasidistas que obligan a esconder el pelo, la evolución y desarrollo de la moda del cabello afroamericano, la aceptación o no del pelo canoso, diferencias culturales sobre el vello púbico, trastornos y consecuencias de la quimioterapia, entre muchos otros. El último testimonio es el de la propia autora en torno a la negación del paso del tiempo.Las historias plasman diferentes culturas, religiones, tradiciones ancestrales junto a modas e influencias de actrices, personajes públicos e iconos femeninos del arte y sobretodo una gran diversidad étnico-social.

Prairie Home Cooking

Autor: Judith Fertig

Número de Páginas: 454

400 recipes that celebrate the bountiful harvests, creative cooks, and comforting foods of American heartland.

The Cult of Individualism

Autor: Aaron Barlow

Número de Páginas: 311

American individualism: It is the reason for American success, but it also tears the nation apart. Why do Americans have so much trouble seeing eye to eye today? Is this new? Was there ever an American consensus? The Cult of Individualism: A History of an Enduring American Myth explores the rarely discussed cultural differences leading to today's seemingly intractable political divides. After an examination of the various meanings of individualism in America, author Aaron Barlow describes the progression and evolution of the concept from the 18th century on, illuminating the wide division in Caucasian American culture that developed between the culture based on the ideals of the English Enlightenment and that of the Scots-Irish "Borderers." The "Borderer" legacy, generally explored only by students of Appalachian culture, remains as pervasive and significant in contemporary American culture and politics as it is, unfortunately, overlooked. It is from the "Borderers" that the Tea Party sprang, along with many of the attitudes of the contemporary American right, making it imperative that this culture be thoroughly explored.

Making Poems

Autor: Todd F. Davis , Erin Murphy

Número de Páginas: 227

This diverse collection of poems and companion essays by forty nationally and internationally known poets allows readers to experience the creative process through the eyes and voice of each poet. No matter how often we are told that revision is an essential component of poetic composition, it can be difficult to resist the temptation to think of the poem as having sprung spontaneously, Athena-like, from the writer's head. By exposing readers to the finished product as well as the poet's own account of the poem's creation, Making Poems offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on the poetic process that will fascinate both beginning and established writers. The book also affords poetry instructors an opportunity to demonstrate to their students the ways in which poems can originate from seemingly mundane and unlikely sources.

Town & Country Social Graces

Autor: Jim Brosseau

Número de Páginas: 306

For anyone who cares about civility and manners, this entertaining guide features essays from top writers about grace and behavior in the modern world.

The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing

Autor: Zachary Petit

Número de Páginas: 241

Prime Your Freelance Writing Career for Success! So you want to be a freelance writer. Great! But now you're faced with a laundry list of questions: Should I freelance full time or part time? Should I write for magazines, newspapers, or online markets? How do I dream up the perfect article idea, and how do I pitch it successfully? How do I negotiate contracts, foster relationships with editors, and start getting steady work while avoiding financial panic attacks and unpleasant ulcers? The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing answers all of these questions--and much more. From breaking in to navigating the basics of the business, this book is your road map to a fruitful and rewarding freelance life. You'll learn how to: • Dig into various markets, including consumer magazines, trade journals, newspapers, and online venues. • Make your digital mark and build your writing platform. • Pitch like a pro and craft solid query letters that get responses. • Conduct professional interviews in person, by phone, or by e-mail. • Write and structure various types of articles, from front-of-the-book pieces to profiles and features. • Quit your lackluster day job, and live the life...

The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy

Autor: Michael Neill , David Schalkwyk

Número de Páginas: 993

The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy presents fifty-four essays by a range of scholars from all parts of the world. Together these essays offer readers a fresh and comprehensive understanding of Shakespeare tragedies as both works of literature and as performance texts written by a playwright who was himself an experienced actor. The opening section explores ways in which later generations of critics have shaped our idea of 'Shakespearean' tragedy, and addresses questions of genre by examining the playwright's inheritance from the classical and medieval past. The second section is devoted to current textual issues, while the third offers new critical readings of each of the tragedies. This is set beside a group of essays that deal with performance history, with screen productions, and with versions devised for the operatic stage, as well as with twentieth and twenty-first century re-workings of Shakespearean tragedy. The book's final section expands readers' awareness of Shakespeare's global reach, tracing histories of criticism and performance across Europe, the Americas, Australasia, the Middle East, Africa, India, and East Asia.

A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773

Número de Páginas: 164

The 4,000 immigrants listed in this volume were Protestant refugees from Europe who came to South Carolina on the encouragement of an act passed by the General Assembly of the Colony on July 25, 1761, called the Bounty Act. Arranged chronologically, and taken verbatim from the original Council Journals, 1763-1773, the information given in the certificates and petitions for lands under the Bounty Act includes the date and the location and acres granted. In some cases the immigrants are listed with their age, country of origin, and name of the vessel on which they arrived. An excellent index provides references to more than 4,000 names in the text. This book is indispensable in attempting to locate an ancestor's place of settlement in South Carolina.

Novel / Fiction Awards 1917-1994

Autor: Heinz-d. Fischer

Número de Páginas: 389

The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in 21 categories from the fields of journalism, literature and music. The Pulitzer Prize Archive presentsthe history of this award from its beginnings to the present: In parts A toE the awarding oftheprize in each category is documented, commented and arranged chronologically. Part F covers the history of the prize biographically and bibliographically. Part G provides the background to thedecisions.