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11) Henry James
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 79
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Description
Biographical notes and critical commentary provide insights into the life and career of the prolific American writer.
15) Conrad's 'Heart of darkness' and contemporary thought: revisiting the horror with Lacoue-Labarthe
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Author
Series
Twayne's studies in short fiction volume no. 57
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Joyce Carol Oates is often called America's most prolific living writer, but it is perhaps her versatility that is most astounding. Just as she is a revered novelist, playwright, poet, and critic, the short stories gathered in her 21 published collections - from By the North Gate (1963) to Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque (1994) - vary in theme and style, although all evoke the bedrock natural and social reality that has consistently informed her fiction....
Author
Publisher
Bedford-St. Martins
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Part One of this volume reprints the text of 'Heart of darkness' from the 1921 Heinemann edition of Conrad's 'Collected works' - the latest version of the text that Conrad approved. Part Two includes documents and illustrations providing cultural contexts for 'Heart of darkness'. Part Three features a critical history of the novella, plus six contemporary essays representing deconstruction; feminist, gender, and queer theory; and a new historicist,...