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James, Henry 1843-1916 James, Henry 1843-1916 Criticism and interpretation Authors, American Biography Didion, Joan Didion, Joan Criticism and interpretation Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965 Poetry Authorship Women authors, American Biography Écrivaines américaines Biographies Écrivains américains BiographiesTargoff, Ramie
Summary: "A remarkable work about women writers in the Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period and brings us in close to four women who were committed to their craft before there was any possibility of "a room of one's own." In a sparkling and engaging narrative of everyday life in Shakespearean England, Ramie Targoff carries us from the sumptuous coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Contents: The drive to distinction. Watch and ward ; Roderick Hudson ; The American ; The Europeans ; Confidence ; The Portrait of a lady -- The Gallic issue. The Bostonians ; The Princess Casamassima ; The Reverberator ; The Tragic muse -- The Augean stable. The Other house ; The Spoils of Poynton ; What Maisie knew ; The Awkward age ; The Sacred fount -- The major phase....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1961
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Summary: "On the 100th anniversary of T. S. Eliot's modernist masterpiece, a rich cultural history of The Waste Land's creation, explosive impact, and enduring influence. When T. S. Eliot published The Waste Land in 1922, it put its 34-year-old author on a path to worldwide fame and the Nobel Prize. "But," as Jed Rasula writes, "The Waste Land is not only a poem: it names an event, like a tornado or an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821 RASWiman, Christian
Summary: "Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, and even fewer--perhaps none--do so with his urgency and eloquence. Wiman, an award-winning poet and the author of My Bright Abyss, lays the motion of his mind on the page in this genre-defying work, an indivisible blend of poetry, criticism, theology, and searing memoir. As Marilynne Robinson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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Summary: An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigorous interrogation and beautiful style. Joan Didion was a writer's writer; not only a groundbreaking journalist, essayist, novelist and screenwriter, but a keen observer who honed her sights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023