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  • Characters and Plots in the Fiction of Kate Chopin
    Robert L. Gale
    A feminist before such a term was created and most famous for The Awakening, the controversial Kate Chopin was also the author of a second novel, At Fault, as well as numerous short stories. This reference book begins with a brief introduction to Kate Chopin’s varied background and her fictional work. A chronology traces the main events of her private and professional live...
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    73,06 €

  • Characters and Plots in the Novels of Horace McCoy
    Robert L. Gale / Robert LGale
    Tennessee-born Horace McCoy joined the American Air Service in WWI, was wounded flying over France, became a reporter-actor in Dallas. In Hollywood, he was popular as a handsome actor, then toiled as a prolific movie-script writer. McCoy burst into fame with his first novel, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, about Depression-era marathon dancers. His No Pockets in a Shroud fea...
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    19,59 €

  • The Caught Image
    Robert L. Gale / Robert LGale
    Gale considers the imagery in all of the 135 novels and short stories of Henry James and presents what may well be the first extensive treatment of figurative language in the complete works of any novelist. All of the images have been recorded, but the author does not claim too much for his deductions concerning them.Originally published in 1964.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- ...
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    64,22 €

  • An Edwin Arlington Robinson Encyclopedia
    Robert L. Gale
    Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) was hailed by many in his day as America’s foremost poet, outranking T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, and Ezra Pound. Perhaps best known for his sonnets, he startles readers into attention and response through obscurity and ambiguity and demanding syntax. Many of Robinson’s works continue to be published today, introducing him to new generations...
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    109,92 €

  • Characters and Plots in the Fiction of James M. Cain
    Robert L. Gale
    A pioneer in 'hard-boiled fiction,' James Mallahan Cain achieved fame with his first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice. His Double Indemnity and Mildred Pierce soon followed, as did successful movie versions of all three novels. With his seventeen other novels and numerous short stories, Cain remains one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. This refe...
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    73,25 €

  • Characters and Plots in the Fiction of Raymond Chandler
    Robert L. Gale
    Raymond Chandler was a pioneer of what came to be known as hard-boiled mystery-detective fiction. His Philip Marlowe is America’s tough, realistic equivalent to Victorian England’s more refined Sherlock Holmes. This reference work includes hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries for Chandler’s individual novels and short stories, his characters, family members and profes...
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    73,18 €

  • Characters and Plots in the Fiction of Ring Lardner
    Robert L. Gale
    This reference book acquaints and reacquaints readers with the brilliant short stories of Ring Lardner, who was the first and remains one of the best contemporary baseball writers--accurate, colloquial, and funny. His characters, both real and fictional, are handled here, as are the plots and details of some 35 short stories devoted almost exclusively to baseball. Equal atte...
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    73,64 €

  • Characters and Plots in the Fiction of Graham Greene
    Robert L. Gale
    Graham Greene was one of England’s most daring, most politically and theologically controversial, and most significant writers of the middle and late twentieth century. Many of his novels were phenomenally popular and address challengingly difficult religious, social, and political issues. At least 18 of his novels and 22 of his short stories have been adapted for movies and...
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    73,62 €