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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Bruce Springsteen might be the quintessential American rock musician but his songs have resonated with fans from all walks of life and from all over the world. This unique collection features reflections from a diverse array of writers who explain what Springsteen means to them and describe how they have been moved, shaped, and challenged by his music. Contributors to Long Walk Home include novelists like Richard Russo, rock critics like Greil Marcus...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Vern, the self-styled 'outlaw film critic' is described by Hellboy director Guillermo Del Toro as "equal parts Hell's Angels and Pauline Kael... a national treasure!" Now Vern unleashes his magnum opus: an in-depth study of the world's only aikido instructor turned movie star/director/writer/blues guitarist/energy drink inventor, the ass-kicking auteur Steven Seagal. "A book that'll shake the very foundations of film criticism, break their wrists...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A critical evaluation of Philip Roth -- the first of its kind -- that takes on the man, the myth, and his work from the debut novel, "Goodbye, Columbus," which won the National Book Award, to his Pulitzer Prize-winning "American Pastoral," to his eternally inventive later works such as "Exit Ghost" and "Nemesis."
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Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The New York Times best-selling and reclusive Italian authora̮ddressing such subjects as her choice to remain anonymous, her literary inspirations, Italian politics and culture and the role of the writer in modern societyp̮resents a brilliant collection of occasional writings, interviews and letters.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Ayn Rand's complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure followed her beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been resurrected as a serious reference point for mainstream figures, especially--but not only--those on the political right from Paul Ryan to Donald Trump. Mean Girl traces the posthumous appeal and influence of Rand's novels...
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Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 414
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The University of South Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Truman Capote--along with his most famous works In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's--continues to have a powerful hold over the American popular imagination. His glamorous lifestyle, which included hobnobbing with the rich and famous and frequenting the most elite nightclubs in Manhattan, makes him the subject of ongoing interest for public and academic audiences alike. In Understanding Truman Capote, Thomas Fahy provides a new direction for...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A comprehensive and fascinating study of the overall creative output of Johann Sebastian Bach, capturing the essence of his art. In this companion volume to his Pulitzer Prize-finalist biography, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, leading Bach scholar Christoph Wolff contextualizes his famous subject by delving deeply into the composer's rich collection of music. Emerging from this complex and massive oeuvre, Bach's Musical Universe is...
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