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Best books Christian fiction, English History and criticism Fantasy fiction, English History and criticism Fiction Authorship Fiction History and criticism Fiction Technique Memory in literature Science fiction films History and criticism Science fiction History and criticism Truth in literatureFranklin, Ruth.
Summary: What is the difference between writing a novel about the Holocaust and fabricating a memoir? Are Holocaust writings, by their very nature, exempt from criticism and interpretation? Do narratives about the Holocaust have a special obligation to be truthful--that is, faithful to the facts of history? Is a fictional account of the Holocaust, in the words of Elie Wiesel, "an insult to the dead"? In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 FRASummary: Through essays contributed by modern thriller writers such as David Baldacci, Lee Child, Sandra Brown, and many others, this book explores 100 works of suspense from the ancient world to modern times.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oceanview Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.3 THRSummary: University of Michigan professor Eric S. Rabkin discusses the fantastic in its most important modern variety, science fiction, as part of the entire course on fantasy literature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820 MASCall number: DVD 820 MAS
Blakemore, Erin M.
Summary: In this compelling book of beloved heroines and the remarkable writers who created them, Erin Blakemore explores how the pluck and dignity of literary characters such as Anne Shirley, Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Eyre, Scarlett O'Hara, Scout Finch and Jo March can inspire women today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.933 BLASummary: Award-winning writer, director, and producer James Cameron explores science fiction's roots and futuristic vision through interviews with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, among many others.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY E-TV JAMAckerman, Forrest J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: General Pub. Group 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 AckermanRovin, Jeff.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 809.3876 ROVSummary: "Science fiction is a vital part of popular culture, influencing the way we all look at the world. TV shows like Star Trek and movies from Forbidden Planet to Inception have influenced scientists to enter the profession and have shaped our futures. Science fiction doesn't set out to predict what will happen - it's far more about how human beings react to "What if?..." - but it is fascinating to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 CLERobinson, Frank M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collectors Press 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 809.3876 ROBWeinstein, Arnold L.
Summary: "Great art discovers for us who we are," writes literature professor and critic Weinstein in this book about how we can better uncover and understand our own stories by reading five major modern writers who "reinvent the novel by exploding our sense of what we are." He invites us to discover our perceptions, our dreams, our own elusive, deepest stories in these masterpieces of modernist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823 WEISummary: Theologians, psychologists, academics, feminists, and fantasists offer humor, insight, and fresh perspectives on the enchanting and beloved Chronicles of Narnia series. Such contributors as fantasists Sarah Zettel and Lawrence Watt-Evans, children's literature scholar Naomi Wood, and C. S. Lewis scholars Colin Duriez and Joseph Pearce discuss topics such as J. R. R. Tolkien and Middle Earth's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benbella Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 REVSchakel, Peter J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Company 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 SCHLackey, Michael
Summary: "In this new collection of interviews, some of America's most prominent novelists identify the key intellectual developments that led to the rise of the contemporary biographical novel, discuss the kind of historical 'truth' this novel communicates, indicate why this narrative form is superior to the traditional historical novel, and reflect on the ideas and characters central to their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA Academic 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.082 TRUBlackaby, Susan
Summary: "Meet Leo--a creative, shy, young boy in search of a special talent that he can share with the world. Curious and persistent, Leo tries all kinds of activities. Then, with the unknowing help of his sister, he discovers music. Leo may seem quiet, but the piano gives him a big voice, helps his confidence soar, and propels him to embrace the treasure inside him and share it with the world....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Loyala Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLAAldiss, Brian Wilson
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.09 ALDSmiley, Jane
Summary: "Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor Laxness, and Jessica Mitford"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 813 SMICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 SMICohen, Josh
Summary: "Focusing on some of the best known characters in all of literature - chosen to trace the arc from childhood to old age - a brilliant psychoanalyst and professor of literature shows how our inner lives become at once stranger and more familiar when seen through the prism of fiction. In supple and elegant prose, and with all the expertise and insight of his dual profession, Josh Cohen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.3 COHLe Guin, Ursula K.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala Publication 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay Le GuinBirzer, Bradley J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ISI Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.912 BIRBerthoud, Ella.
Summary: A novel is a story transmitted from the novelist to the reader. It offers distraction, entertainment, and an opportunity to unwind or focus. But it can also be something more powerful--a way to learn about how to live. Read at the right moment in your life, a novel can--quite literally--change it. The Novel Cure is a reminder of that power. To create this apothecary, the authors have trawled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.3 BERMorrison, Toni
Summary: America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid? Drawing on her Norton Lectures, Toni Morrison...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 MORCasey, John
Summary: "For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina. National Book Award winner John Casey is a masterful novelist who is also an inspiring and beloved teacher. In Beyond the First Draft he offers essential and original insights into the art of writing-and rewriting-fiction. Through anecdotes about other writers'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 CASBloom, Harold
Summary: "In his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction, America's most original and controversial literary critic and legendary Yale professor writes trenchantly about fifty-two masterworks spanning the Western tradition"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.3 BLOBoyd, Brian
Contents: Introduction: animal, human, art, story -- Book 1: Evolution, art, and fiction -- Part 1: Evolution and nature -- Evolution and human nature? -- Evolution, adaptation, and adapted minds -- The evolution of intelligence -- The evolution of cooperation -- Part 2: Evolution and art -- Art as adaptation? -- Art as cognitive play -- Art and attention -- From tradition to innovation -- Part 3:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2009