BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY
There are numerous books located in the Library that will help you in ENG 1020. You will find biographical material and many varieties of books that contain literary criticism, plus other related material with new titles every month. (See below for examples).
RELEVANT REFERENCE BOOKS
Everyday Bias by
If you are human you are biased. From this fundamental truth, diversity expert Howard J. Ross explores the unconscious biases we each carry within us.
Call Number: BF 575 .P9 R67 2014ISBN: 9781442230835Publication Date: 2014-09-05
Worrying by
Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History suggests a unique approach to the inner life and its ordinary pains.
Call Number: BF 575 .W8 O46 2015ISBN: 9781441151292Publication Date: 2015-05-21
Drama for Students by Call Number: REF PN1701 .D73 2016ISBN: 9780787696429Publication Date: 2015-05-11
The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story by
Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.
Call Number: Reference PS374.S5C57 2000
Encyclopedia of American Poetry by
Provides essays on the careers, works and backgrounds of the 150 poets and over 1000 poems that are included in the Library of America anthology (1-57958-034-3). It also provides entries on specialized categories of 19th-century verse, such as hymns, folk ballads, spirituals, Civil War songs and Native American poetry. The entries, besides presenting essential factual information, amount to in-depth critical essays.
Call Number: PS316.E53 1998ISBN: 1579580084Publication Date: 1998-05-01
BOOKS FOR CRITICISM AND BIOGRAPHY
Ernest Hemingway by
Essays analyze Hemingway's style and technique, examine The Sun Also Rises and selected short stories, and are accompanied by a brief chronology of his life.
Call Number: PS3515.E37Z5865 1985ISBN: 9780877546160Publication Date: 1985-01-01
Evermore by
The popular Poe--The Raven, Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat--has inspired a generation of readers long disenchanted with the normative tradition of American literature. But is the popular Poe--incessantly drinking, drug-addicted, and entranced by the terror of death--the real Poe? Harry Lee Poe contends that, for more than two centuries, the great myth of Edgar Allan Poe has damaged both the popular reader's understanding of Poe's corpus and the historian's depiction of Poe's life. Through reviewing his poems and short stories, literary criticism and science fiction, Evermore reveals a Poe who is deeply confounded by the existence of evil, the truth of justice, and even the problems of love, beauty, and God.
Call Number: PS2638 .P68 2012ISBN: 9781602583221Publication Date: 2012-03-15
Flannery O'Connor by
Widely acclaimed as one of the finest short-story writers and known for her acerbic wit, complex themes, and illuminating portrayal of the American South, Flannery O'Connor is a favorite among students, scholars, and general readers. Known for her stories ""A Good Man Is Hard to Find"" and ""Everything that Rises Must Converge,"" O'Connor's work often appears on class syllabi and in college courses today.""Critical Companion to Flannery O'Connor"" examines her life and works, and includes critical analyses of some of the themes in her writing, as well as entries on related topics and relevant people, places, and influences.
Call Number: PS3565.C57 Z735 2008Publication Date: 2008-02-29
Zora Neale Hurston by
Zora Neale Hurston is today recognised as a major contributor to the Harlem Renaissance literature of the 1920s and American modernist literature. Hurston's most important works, published in the 1930s, emerge from her interest in African American oral and vernacular culture, represented in her most studied publications Mules and Men (1935) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). Hurston's interest in preserving the culture of the black South remains among her most valuable contributions. Not only did she collect and preserve folklore outright, she also used folklore, native drama, and the black idiom and dialect in most of her fiction. this volume in the Critical Insights series presents original essays on Hurston's major works of fiction as well as explorations of her ethnographic nonfiction and her letters. For readers who are studying Hurston for the first time, a biographical sketch relates the details of her life. Critical Contexts essays survey the critical reception of her work, explore its cultural and historical contexts, situate Hurston among her contemporaries, and review key themes in her work. Critical readings include her texts Seraph on the Suwanee, Mules and Men, Dust on the Tracks of the Road, and her major work, Their Eyes Were Watching God. In addition, essays turn toward works sure to be of interest, including her children's stories and her correspondence with Langston Hughes. Rounding out the volume are a chronology of Huston's life and a list of her principle publications as well as a bibliography for readers seeking to study this fascinating author in greater depth. Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of ""Works Cited,"" along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources: About This Volume Critical Context: Original Introductory Essays Critical Readings: Original In-Depth Essays Further Readings Detailed Bibliography Detailed Bio of the Editor General Subject Index
Call Number: PS3515.U789 Z9626 2013ISBN: 9781429838313Publication Date: 2013-06-30
Latino Literature in America by
There is growing awareness of the tremendous impact Latino writers have had on the recent literary scene, yet not all readers have the background to fully appreciate the merits and meanings of works like House on Mango Street, Line of the Sun, Bless Me Ultima, and In the Time of Butterflies. Offering analysis of their most important, popular, and frequently assigned fictional works, this book surveys the contributions of eight notable Latino writers: Julia Alvarez, Rodolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Junot Díaz, Christina Garía, Oscar Hijuelos, Ortiz Cofer, and Ernesto Quiñonez. Each chapter gives biographical background on the author and clear literary analysis of the selected works, including a concise plot synopsis. Delving into the question of cultural identity, each work is carefully examined not only in terms of its literary components, but also with regard to the cultural background and historical context. This book illuminates such themes as acculturation, generational differences, immigration, assimilation, and exile. Language, religion, and gender issues are explored against the cultural backdrop, along with the social impact of such historical events as Operation Bootstrap in Puerto Rico, the early days of Castro's Cuba, and the Trujillo Dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Students and teachers will find their reading experiences of U.S. Latino works enriched with the literary and cultural perspectives offered here. A list of additional suggested reading is included.
Call Number: PS153.H56 K48 2003ISBN: 0313317933Publication Date: 2003-12-30
