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A map of the mutual influence of Bloomsbury, the Crescent Moon Society, and modernism in English and Chinese culture

Lily Briscoe's Chinese Eyes traces the romance of Julian Bell, nephe…]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 06:28:38 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3990694/Narrating-Scotland
A reading of Stevenson as a historian at odds with tradition

Beloved for generations as one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most thrilling adventure novels, Kidnapped tells the story of Dav…]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 06:28:38 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3990546/Understanding-Kazuo-Ishiguro
A comprehensive guide to the life and work of the author of The Remains of the Day

One of the most closely followed British writers of his generation, the Japanese-born, English-raised…]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 06:28:38 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3990731/Understanding-Rita-Dove
An exploration of the life and art of first African American U.S. poet laureate

Understanding Rita Dove serves as a critical introduction to the poetry of the Pulitzer Prize-winning wri…]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 06:28:38 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3990407/The-Sorrows-of-Fat-City
The Sorrows of Fat City is a representative sampling of critical literary essays written by George Garrett and published between 1957 and 1990. One of America's most accomplished and highly ac…]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 06:28:38 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3990366/Understanding-Vladimir-Nabokov
Understanding Contemporary American Literature was planned as a series of guides or companions for students as well as good nonacademic readers. The word understanding in the series titles was…]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 06:28:38 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3991583/Hemingways-Brain-updated-edition
A forensic psychiatrist's corrective and innovative diagnosis of the conditions that led to Ernest Hemingway's suicide

Hemingway's Brain is the first forensic psychiatric examination of…]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 06:28:38 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3990585/Trimalchio-by-F-Scott-Fitzgerald
Allows today's readers to observe the development of Fitzgerald's great novel

In November 1924 F. Scott Fitzgerald sent the typescript for his third novel, tentatively titled "Trimalchi…]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 06:28:38 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3990508/Understanding-Julian-Barnes
A telling assessment of the divergent works of a daring British writer

Understanding Julian Barnes surveys the career of an innovative British novelist who has been shortlisted for the…]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 06:28:38 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3990465/Readers-Companion-to-F-Scott-Fitzgeralds-Tender-Is-the-Night
Solves the mysteries surrounding the maligned masterpiece

Tender Is the Night, the novel F. Scott Fitzgerald worked longest and hardest on, has not achieved its proper recognition becau…]]> Thu, 15 May 2025 06:28:38 -0700