Since the 1950s, the experimental style, bohemian life and rebellious attitudes of the Beats have influenced literature and culture. The deaths at the end of the 20th century of such Beat figures as Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs renewed interest in the lives and work of writers who have held underground appeal for generations of young adults. Some Beat writers and their associates, such as Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), and Denise Levertov, are now included in classroom anthologies; others have popular appeal for their unorthodox writing style and...
Since the 1950s, the experimental style, bohemian life and rebellious attitudes of the Beats have influenced literature and culture. The deaths at the...
The Chicago Renaissance began in the early 1900s and lasted until approximately 1930. The leading writers of the period - including Theodore Dreiser (Sister Carrie), Sherwood Anderson (Winesburg, Ohio), Edgar Lee Masters (Spoon River Anthology), and Carl Sandburg (Chicago Poems) - focused on the increasing industrialization of American society as well as the loss of traditional rural values and their accompanying romantic ideals. T magazines Poetry, founded by Harriet Monroe, and Little Review, founded by Margaret Anderson, emerged at this time, as did the Little Theatre. All provided outlets...
The Chicago Renaissance began in the early 1900s and lasted until approximately 1930. The leading writers of the period - including Theodore Dreiser (...
This is a comprehensive A-Z guide to the Transcendentalists, the legendary group of New England authors that included Ralph Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
This is a comprehensive A-Z guide to the Transcendentalists, the legendary group of New England authors that included Ralph Emerson and Henry David Th...
The new Literary Movements series examines the most influential literary movements in history. Pulling together the people, events, and works that defined each individual movement, these A-to-Z references create a clear, vivid picture of the way literature was formed within these genres or time periods. Offering hundreds of entries, each compelling encyclopedia details writers and influences, works and characters, places, historical events, figures, terms, and much more, providing a comprehensive resource for high school and college literature students. Spanning the significant works and...
The new Literary Movements series examines the most influential literary movements in history. Pulling together the people, events, and works that def...
An accessible one-volume encyclopedia, this addition to the Literary Movements series is a comprehensive reference guide to the history and development of feminist literature, from early fairy tales to works by great women writers of today. Hundreds of informative A-to-Z entries cover a wide range of works and writers from around the world, as well as a range of genres, including novels, short stories, poetry, plays, and criticism. Focusing on the feminist works and writers that most often appear in high school and college curricula, "Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature" is the definitive...
An accessible one-volume encyclopedia, this addition to the Literary Movements series is a comprehensive reference guide to the history and developmen...
"Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction", a new addition to "Facts On File's Literary Movements" series, provides comprehensive coverage of the major authors and works in these popular genres. Each entry includes a brief discussion of the author's life and work and includes a full bibliography. Each entry on a particular work also analyzes its literary merits and place within the tradition of fantasy and horror. This essential volume covers hundreds of writers, including many whose work is taught in high school and college, such as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Stephen King, Edgar Allan...
"Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction", a new addition to "Facts On File's Literary Movements" series, provides comprehensive coverage of the ma...
Vivid characters and first-rate storytelling are the hallmarks of good popular fiction. Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction is a new A-to-Z resource that covers those contemporary authors and works that have enjoyed commercial success in the United States but are typically neglected by more "literary" guides. Written by literary scholars, this invaluable resource provides high school and college students with everything they need to know to understand the authors and works of American popular fiction.Coverage includes:
Vivid characters and first-rate storytelling are the hallmarks of good popular fiction. Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction is a new A-to-Z re...
Adventure stories filled with danger, action, and unusual events have been popular with readers from ancient times to the present day. The new A-to-Z Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction covers the very best of adventure fiction, from literary classics such as Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities and Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent to tales that have enthralled younger readers for many years, such as Treasure Island and The Wizard of Oz, to the finest of today's adventure stories. Written by a well-known writer of horror and science fiction, this essential reference to the great works and...
Adventure stories filled with danger, action, and unusual events have been popular with readers from ancient times to the present day. The new A-to-Z ...
Surveys the world's greatest literature about empires and imperialism, written by citizens of these empires and the colonized people who lived under their rule. This book contains more than 200 A-to-Z entries that examine authors, classic works, themes, and concepts related to particular empires in history or the general topics of imperialism.
Surveys the world's greatest literature about empires and imperialism, written by citizens of these empires and the colonized people who lived under t...
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Work is an invaluable guide to the English-language fiction writers born after 1959 and their best work. Coverage includes some of the most vital and appealing writers working today, such as Chang-rae Lee, Michael Chabon, Zadie Smith, and Dave Eggers.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Work is an invaluable guide to the English-language fiction writers born after 1959 and their best w...
