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Barbara Kingsolver - A Literary Companion

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Informationen zum Autor Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of English and Latin textbooks and reference works for 35 years. She taught at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina for 23 years. Her writing focuses on women's and world literature and history and general research topics, including epidemics, the history of money, clothing, food, and dance. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina. Klappentext Barbara Kingsolver--a writer of fiction, documentary, verse and essay--supports entertaining stories with profound themes of ecological responsibility and defense of human rights. This work is an introduction and overview of the author's literary achievements, opening with an annotated chronology of Kingsolver's life, activism, works, and awards, followed by a family tree. The 122 alphabetical entries in the main text provide data and analysis on characters, dates, historical figures and events, allusions, literary motifs, and themes from Kingsolver's works, combining insights with generous citations from primary and secondary sources. Each entry concludes with a selected bibliography. Appendices include a timeline of events in The Poisonwood Bible, a list of 46 writing and research topics, a bibliography, and a comprehensive index. Zusammenfassung Barbara Kingsolvera writer of fiction! documentary! verse and essaysupports entertaining stories with profound themes of ecological responsibility and defense of human rights. This work is an introduction and overview of the authors literary achievements! opening with an annotated chronology of Kingsolvers life! activism! works! and awards! followed by a family tree. The 122 alphabetical entries in the main text provide data and analysis on characters! dates! historical figures and events! allusions! literary motifs! and themes from Kingsolvers works! combining insights with generous citations from primary and secondary sources. Each entry concludes with a selected bibliography. Appendices include a timeline of events in The Poisonwood Bible! a list of 46 writing and research topics! a bibliography! and a comprehensive index. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Chronology of Kingsolver's Life and Works      Kingsolver's Genealogy      Barbara Kingsolver: A Literary Companion      Appendix A: Chronology of The Poisonwood Bible      Appendix B: Writing and Research Topics      Bibliography      Index      ...

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Autori Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Editore McFarland
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 01.09.2004
 
EAN 9780786419517
ISBN 978-0-7864-1951-7
Pagine 239
Dimensioni 184 mm x 254 mm x 13 mm
Serie McFarland Literary Companions
Categoria Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata

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