Contemporary Writers

Contemporary Writers
Author: Virginia Woolf
Publisher: Mariner Books
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1965
Genre: Criticism
ISBN:

Here, in more than forty essays, are Woolf's thoughts on her contemporaries in the art of fiction; reviewing and criticism; and one of her favorite themes, female novelists. Among the writers reviewed are Dorothy Richardson, E. M. Forster, Aldous Huxley, D. H. Lawrence, H. G. Wells, and Theodore Dreiser. Preface by Jean Guiguet.

Quarrel & Quandary

Quarrel & Quandary
Author: Cynthia Ozick
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011-10-05
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0307807886

In her new collection of essays, Cynthia Ozick, everywhere acclaimed as a critic, novelist, and storyteller, examines some of the world's most illustrious writers and their work, tackles compelling contemporary literary and moral issues, and looks into the wellsprings of her own lifelong engagement with literature. She writes--quarrelsomely--about Crime and Punishment, about William Styron's Sophie's Choice, about the Book of Job. She inquires into the subterranean dispositions and quandaries of Kafka and Henry James. She discusses the difficulties inherent in the translation of great books, whether into film or into another language. She explores what she calls "the selfishness of art" and courts controversy with her views on The Diary of Anne Frank and its transformation for the stage. Her reflections on the "rights of history" and the "rights of imagination" tap a profound concern for truth in regard to the Holocaust. She considers the shifting splendors of New York City, past and present. And she revisits her youth more deeply and with more feeling--and comedy--than ever before, in essays that reveal some of the formative experiences of her life as a writer. Quarrel & Quandary is a literary event and a cause for celebration.

Contemporary Authors: 1945 to the Present

Contemporary Authors: 1945 to the Present
Author: Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher: Britanncia Educational Publishing
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2013-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1622750152

Contemporary literature encompasses so many genres, literary forms, and themes that it would seem almost impossible to identify a unifying thread between them. Yet in the tradition established by literary heavyweights who came before, modern writers of all stripes and backgrounds have continued to entertain and to confront the social, cultural, and psychological realities of the times—including everything from racial identity to war to technology—with their own flair and insight. The diversity of authors profiled herein—from Toni Morrison to Sylvia Plath to Stephen King to David Foster Wallace—attests to the scope and complexity of modern society.

Contemporary Christian Authors

Contemporary Christian Authors
Author: Janice DeLong
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780810836884

Finally, a summary section provides a brief synopsis of at least one title, representative of the author's style, and several of the writers have provided personal annotations of their works."--BOOK JACKET.

Only Revolutions

Only Revolutions
Author: Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher: Pantheon
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0375421769

Moving back and forth in American history, a kaleidoscopic novel follows Hailey and Sam, two wayward teenagers, as they crash New Orleans parties, barrel up the Mississippi, head through the Badlands, and take on other adventures.

Reading the Contemporary Author

Reading the Contemporary Author
Author: Alison Gibbons
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2023-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1496234618

Reading the Contemporary Author brings together leading scholars in cultural theory, literary criticism, stylistics, narratology, comparative literature, and autobiography studies to interrogate how we read the contemporary author in public and cultural life, in life writing, and in literature.

Popular Contemporary Writers

Popular Contemporary Writers
Author: Michael D. Sharp
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2005-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780761476016

Ninety-six alphabetically arranged author profiles include biographical information, critical commentary, and illustrations.

The Contemporary Writer and Their Suicide

The Contemporary Writer and Their Suicide
Author: Josefa Ros Velasco
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2023-07-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 303128982X

This volume is the continuation of the book Suicide in Modern Literature, edited by Josefa Ros Velasco. Considering the positive reception of this book, Ros Velasco launches the second part, entitled The Contemporary Writer and their Suicide. This time, leading representatives of various disciplines analyze the literary, philosophical, and biographical works of contemporary writers worldwide who attempted to commit suicide or achieved their goal, looking for covert and overt clues about their intentions in their writings. This book aims to continue shedding light on the social and structural causes that lead to suicide and on the suicidal mind, but also to show that people assiduous to writing usually reflect their intentions to commit suicide in their writings, to explain how these frequently veiled intentions can be revealed and interpreted, and to highlight the potential of artistic, philosophical, and autobiographical writing as a tool to detect suicidal ideation and prevent its consummation in vulnerable people. This book analyzes several case studies and their allusions to their contexts and the socio-structural and environmental violence and pressures they suffered, expressions of their will and agency, feelings of dislocation between the individual, reality, and existential alienation, and literary styles, writing techniques, and metaphorical language.