uscpress.com - Literary Studies https://uscpress.com/ Lily Briscoe's Chinese Eyes https://uscpress.com/book-post/4551810/Lily-Briscoes-Chinese-Eyes
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…]]>
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Understanding Sherman Alexie https://uscpress.com/book-post/4551840/Understanding-Sherman-Alexie
The first book-length examination of the critically acclaimed contemporary Native American author

In this first book-length examination of Native American poet, novelist, filmmaker, and…]]>
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Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro https://uscpress.com/book-post/4551691/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…]]>
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V. S. Naipaul, Man and Writer https://uscpress.com/book-post/4551876/V-S-Naipaul-Man-and-Writer
An introduction to the uncompromising artistic vision of the internationally acclaimed writer

A survey of the life and work of the 2001 Nobel Laureate for Literature, V. S. Naipaul, Man…]]>
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The Sorrows of Fat City https://uscpress.com/book-post/4551552/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…]]>
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Understanding Vladimir Nabokov https://uscpress.com/book-post/4551511/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…]]>
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Hemingway's Brain, updated edition https://uscpress.com/book-post/4552738/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…]]>
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Trimalchio by F. Scott Fitzgerald https://uscpress.com/book-post/4551731/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…]]>
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Understanding Julian Barnes https://uscpress.com/book-post/4551653/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…]]>
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Reader's Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night https://uscpress.com/book-post/4551610/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…]]>
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