Author: Alexandra Kingston-Reese Publisher: University of Iowa Press ISBN: 1609386752 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 221
Book Description
Contemporary Novelists and the Aesthetics of Twenty-First Century American Life gives us a new way to view contemporary art novels, asking the key question: How do contemporary writers imagine aesthetic experience? Examining the works of some of the most popular names in contemporary fiction and art criticism, including Zadie Smith, Teju Cole, Siri Hustvedt, Ben Lerner, Rachel Kushner, and others, Alexandra Kingston-Reese finds that contemporary art novels are seeking to reconcile the negative feelings of contemporary life through a concerted critical realignment in understanding artistic sensibility, literary form, and the function of the aesthetic. Kingston-Reese reveals how contemporary writers refract and problematize aesthetic experience, illuminating an uneasiness with failure: firstly, about the failure of aesthetic experiences to solve and save; and secondly, the literary inability to articulate the emotional dissonance caused by aesthetic experiences now.
Author: Carl Van Doren Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 124
Book Description
"Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)" by Carl Van Doren. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author: Virginia Woolf Publisher: Mariner Books ISBN: Category : Criticism Languages : en Pages : 164
Book Description
Here, in more than forty essays, are Woolf's thoughts on her contemporaries in the art of fiction; reviewing and criticism; and one of her favorite themes, female novelists. Among the writers reviewed are Dorothy Richardson, E. M. Forster, Aldous Huxley, D. H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, and Theodore Dreiser. Preface by Jean Guiguet.
Author: Malcolm Bradbury Publisher: Manchester University Press ISBN: 9780719006777 Category : American fiction Languages : en Pages : 264
Book Description
Britain's most important contemporary authors reflect intelligently and imaginatively on the nature and development of the modern novel.
Author: Nick Rennison Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 113460470X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 212
Book Description
Featuring a broad range of contemporary British novelists from Iain Banks to Jeanette Winterson, Louis de Bernieres to Irvine Welsh and Salman Rushdie, this book offers an excellent introductory guide to the contemporary literary scene. Each entry includes concise biographical information on each of the key novelists and analysis of their major works and themes. Fully cross-referenced and containing extensive guides to further reading, Fifty Contemporary British Novelists is the ideal guide to modern British fiction for both the student and the contemporary fiction buff alike.
Author: Laura Miller Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 486
Book Description
"An all-original, A-to-Z guide to 225 of the most fascinating writers of our time, penned by an international cast of talented young critics and reviewers."--Cover.
Author: Maria E. Andreu Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062996533 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
A fresh, joyful YA novel that is layered with themes of immigration, cultural identity, and finding your voice in any language. Sixteen-year-old Ana is a poet and a lover of language. Except that since she moved to New Jersey from Argentina, she can barely find the words to express how she feels. At first Ana just wants to return home. Then she meets Harrison, the very cute, very American boy in her math class, and discovers the universal language of racing hearts. But when she begins to spend time with Neo, the Greek Cypriot boy from ESL, Ana wonders how figuring out what her heart wants can be even more confusing than the grammar they’re both trying to master. After all, the rules of English may be confounding, but there are no rules when it comes to love. With playful and poetic breakouts exploring the idiosyncrasies of the English language, Love in English is witty and effervescent, while telling a beautifully observed story about what it means to become “American.”
Author: Monica Gomez-Hira Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062996851 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 366
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Jane the Virgin, this immediately accessible and irresistibly fun rom-com debut will spin readers into an unforgettable summer of late-night dancing, broken hearts, second chances, and telenovela twists. Carmen Aguilar just wants to make her happily ever after come true. Except apparently “happily ever after” for Carmen involves being stuck in an unpaid summer internship. Now she has to perform as a party princess! In a ball gown. During the summer. In Miami. Fine. Except that’s only the first misfortune in what’s turning out to be a summer of Utter Disaster. But if Carmen can manage dancing in the blistering heat, fending off an oh-so-unfortunately attractive ex, and stopping her spoiled cousin from ruining her own quinceañera—Carmen might just get that happily ever after—after all.
Author: Alexandra Kingston-Reese
Author: Carl Van Doren
Author: Virginia Woolf
Author: Malcolm Bradbury
Author: Reginald Brimley Johnson
Author: Nick Rennison
Author: University of Missouri. School of Mines and Metallurgy. Library
Author: Laura Miller
Author: Maria E. Andreu
Author: Monica Gomez-Hira