Contemporary literary criticism. Volume 70 / Roger Matuz and Sean Pollock, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matuz, Roger, author.

Contributor:

Matuz, Roger, editor.

Pollock, Sean, editor.

Series:

Literature criticism online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--20th century.

American literature.

Drama--20th century.

Drama.

European literature--20th century.

European literature.

Literature, Modern--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature, Modern.

Literature, Modern--20th century.

Literature--Stories, plots, etc.

Literature.

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Plots (Drama, novel, etc.).

Poetry, Modern--20th century.

Poetry, Modern.

Popular literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, 1992.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet.

Summary:

Covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Profiles novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals.

Contents:

New authors: Iain Banks, 1954-

T.J. Binyon, 1936-

William Caunitz, 1935-

David Cudlip, 1933-

Michael Cunningham, 1952-

Pete Dexter, 1943-

Tish O'Dowd Ezekiel, 1943-

T. Gertler, 19?-

Steven Goldsberry, 1949-

Kent Haruf, 19?-

Carolyn Hougan, 19?-

Josephine Humphreys, 1945-

Nettie Jones, 19?-

T.E.D. Klein, 19?-

Kathryn Kramer, 19?-

David Leavitt, 1961?-

Jay McInerney, 1955-

William McPherson, 1939-

Sylvia Murphy, 19?-

Kem Nunn, 19?-

Padgett Powell, 1952-

Darcy Ribeiro, 1922-

Kim Stanley Robinson, 19?-

Lucius Shepard, 19?-

Mark Stevens, 19?-

Douglas Unger, 1952-

Cay Van Ash, 1918-

Gordon Vorster, 1924-

Prizewinners: David Brin, 1950-

Anita Brookner, 1938-

Anne Chislett, 1943-

David Dabydeen, 1956-

Harriet Doerr, 1914-

David Donnell, 1939?-

Marguerite Duras 1914-

Ellen Gilchrist, 1939-

Paavo Haavikko, 1931-

Louis R. Harlan, 1922-

Obituaries: John Betjeman, 1906-1984

Richard Brautigan, 1935-1984

Truman Capote, 1924-1984

Julio Cortazar, 1914-1984

William Empson, 1906-1984

Michel Foucault, 1926-1984

Lillian Hellman, 1907?-1984

Liam O'Flaherty, 1896-1984

George Oppen, 1908-1984

J.B. Priestley, 1894-1984

Irwin Shaw, 1913-1984

Jesse Stuart, 1906-1984

Paul Zweig, 1935-.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781414427805

1414427808

OCLC:

644702381