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William S Burroughs is one of the twentieth century's most visible, controversial, and baffling literary figures. This book places Burroughs in the... Læs mere
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This text re-reads Imagism through the works of Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell, relating it... Læs mere
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A collection of tales that show cultural history of how ordinary Americans crafted and sold their stories of hardship and calamity... Læs mere
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Where did American literature start? The familiar story of Emerson and Thoreau has them setting up shop in Concord, Massachusetts, and determining the... Læs mere
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A critical biography of Walt Whitman. It offers insights into many aspects of the poet's life, including his attitudes toward the emerging urban life of America, his... Læs mere
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A biography of Paul Bowles, the famously enigmatic writer-composer. It questions the biographer's role, the subject's credibility, and the very nature of 'truth'... Læs mere
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What Americans refer to as the Vietnam War embraces more than the conflict with North Vietnam. This title considers the other conflicts that Americans brought to that war: the divisions stemming from differences in race, class, sex, generation, and frontier ideology.
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Conceived as a novelistic journey through the worlds of California, this book represents the experience of California both physical and metaphysical, in fiction, poetry, essays, travel writing, confessions, reportage, and social criticism.
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Combines biography with social and cultural history to examine the lives of Frances Marion and the other women who shaped... Læs mere
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Dan Pagis (1930-1986) spent three of his adolescent years in a Nazi camp before arriving in Palestine in 1946. He became one of the most vibrant voices in modern Israeli... Læs mere
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This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of native California includes a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs drawn from a wide sampling of California's many native cultures. Introductions provide cultural and biographical context.
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Presents an analysis of Whitman's quest for happiness. This book explores the intimate relationships that contributed to his portrayal of masculinity in crisis. It maintains that in... Læs mere