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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear ... This sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical...
2) Homer
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
In this accessible and concise introduction, Barbara Graziosi considers Homer's famous works and their impact on readers throughout the centuries. She shows how the Iliad and the Odyssey benefit from a tradition of reading that spans well over two millennia, from the impressive scholars at the library of Alexandria, in the third and second centuries BCE, who wrote some of the first commentaries on the Homeric epics. Summaries of these scholars' notes...
3) Claude McKay
Author
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1976.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Claude McKay.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On February 25, 1963, Columbia Records released The Barbra Streisand Album. The first song was "Cry Me a River," and with that a star was born. Barbra Joan Streisand had a zany personality backed by a talent that Stephen Sondheim once described as "one of the two or three best voices in the world of singing songs," adding "It's not just her voice but her intensity, her passion and control." Harold Arlen, another of her favorite composers, commented,...
6) Jack London
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 230
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Jack London.
Author
Series
Twayne's world authors series. Italian literature volume TWAS 563
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Dante Alighieri.
10) Lawrence Durrell
Author
Series
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Lawrence Durrell.
11) Tom Stoppard
Author
Series
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Tom Stoppard.
12) Saul Bellow
Author
Publisher
Twayne
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Saul Bellow.
13) Gail Godwin
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 591
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Gail Godwin.
15) Annie Dillard
Author
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Annie Dillard.
16) Joseph Heller
Author
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Joseph Heller.
17) Alison Lurie
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 602
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Alison Lurie.
19) Joe Orton
Author
Series
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Joe Orton.
20) Peter Handke
Author
Series
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Peter Handke.
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