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Mazzeno, Laurence W.
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809 22
Publication Date
2011
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A classic reference work for more than sixty years, Masterplots analyzes the most important works in all genres -- long fiction, short fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction -- throughout history and around the world, helping to define and critique the literary canon. Salem's most popular title, Masterplots, is being revised for the first time since 1996. Masterplots, Fourth Edition is an expanded and updated version of 1996's Masterplots, Third Edition which was itself a culmination of the Masterplots sets published at intervals since 1949. Masterplots, Fourth Edition, in twelve volumes, retains the original purpose of the Masterplots concept: providing fundamental reference data, plot synopses where applicable, and critical evaluations of a comprehensive selection of English-language and world literature that has been translated into English. The essays are in alphabetical order by title, and each includes an annotated bibliography to aid readers in further study. Masterplots, Fourth Edition features 2,220 essays in 12 volumes: 438 essays are newly written, 98 feature thoroughly revised or replaced plot synopses or critical evaluations; and 1,684 have been previously published but reedited for this new edition. No titles from the previous edition were dropped. The 1,684 titles from the 1996 set were carefully reviewed for currency, accuracy, biased language, and quality of critical analysis before inclusion in the new edition. In adding new titles, the editors considered classroom curricula at both high school and college levels, as well as the broader context of literary culture both within and beyond North America. Editors added classics that had been previously overlooked and contemporary classics that represent a range of cultural identities and diverse modern experiences. - Publisher.
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Roth, John K.
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230 22
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2008
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Wilson, John D.
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809 22
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2008
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Lowe, N. J.
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880.09 21
Publication Date
2000
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"From Homer to Hollywood, the Western storytelling tradition has canonised a distinctive set of narrative values characterised by tight economy and closure. This book traces the formation of that classical paradigm in the development of ancient storytelling from Homer to Heliodorus. To tell this story, the book sets out to rehabilitate the idea of 'plot', notoriously disconnected from any recognized system of terminology in recent literary theory. The first part of the book draws on current developments in narratalogy and cognitive science to propose a new way of formally describing the way stories are structured and understood. This model is then used to write a history of the emergence of the classical plot type in the four ancient genres that shaped it - Homeric epic, fifth-century tragedy, New Comedy, and the Greek novel - with new insights into the fundamental narrative poetics of each."--Jacket.
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Williams, Tyrone.
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810.9896073 22
Publication Date
2009
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Contains essays on individual titles by great novelists, playwrights, memoirists, historians, and critics as well as the bodies of work of major poets, short-story writers, essayists, and orators.
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Kellman, Steven G., 1947-
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809 22
Publication Date
2009
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Offers profiles of major writers outside the United States from all time periods, accompanied by analysis of their significant titles of fiction, drama, poetry, and nonfiction.
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Wilson, John D.
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809 22
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2009
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Wilson, John D.
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028.16 23
Publication Date
2011
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Seeks to evaluate major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. Each essay-review analyes and presnets the focus, intent, and relative success of the author, as well as the makeup and point of view of the work under discussion.
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Wilson, John D.
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028.16 23
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2012
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Seeks to evaluate major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. Each essay-review analyes and presnets the focus, intent, and relative success of the author, as well as the makeup and point of view of the work under discussion.
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Kelleghan, Fiona, 1965-
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809.3876 21
Publication Date
2002
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"Plot summaries and analyses of 180 major books and series in the fields of science fiction and fantasy ... all but eight of the essays in these volumes are taken directly from Salem Press's four-volume Magill's guide to science fiction and fantasy literature, which was published in 1996"--Publisher's note.
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Gunn, Drewey Wayne, 1939-2018, author.
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792.086 23
Publication Date
2017
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"This comprehensive guide goes beyond earlier studies introducing productions from Off Broadway and regional theaters in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Also included are Puerto Rican, Indian and Filipino plays written in English, and translations from other languages. Over half of the works appear for the first time in such a study"--
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Beidler, Peter G.
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813.54 22
Publication Date
2006
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"A revised and expanded, comprehensive guide to the novels of Native American author Louise Erdrich from Love Medicine to The Painted Drum. Includes chronologies, genealogical charts, complete dictionary of characters, map and geographical details about settings, and a glossary of all the Ojibwe words and phrases used in the novels"--Provided by publisher.
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