The city that never sleeps has played host to numerous modern classics. Arguably the heart of the American book business, New York has always been a hot spot for writers and literati. This book takes you on a tour of the city, examining it as it has appeared as a setting in various works of literature. Ages 15+.
The city that never sleeps has played host to numerous modern classics. Arguably the heart of the American book business, New York has always been a h...
Four new titles in the series of comprehensive critical overviews of major literary movements in Western literary history Determinism and self-reliance were two of the characteristics American authors sought to portray in the novels of this literary period, reflecting a more realistic view of their country as the age of industrialization took hold in the late 19th century.
Four new titles in the series of comprehensive critical overviews of major literary movements in Western literary history Determinism and self-relianc...
"We have many poets of the First Book," the poet and critic Louis Simpson remarked in 1957, describing a sense that the debut poetry collection not only launched the contemporary poetic career but also had come to define it. Surveying American poetry over the past hundred years, The First Book explores the emergence of the poetic debut as a unique literary production with its own tradition, conventions, and dynamic role in the literary market. Through new readings of poets ranging from Wallace Stevens and Marianne Moore to John Ashbery and Louise Gluck, Jesse Zuba illuminates the...
"We have many poets of the First Book," the poet and critic Louis Simpson remarked in 1957, describing a sense that the debut poetry collection no...