Reading Nora Roberts

Informationen zum Autor Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an educator and expert in classical mythology, literature, and the humanities. Klappentext This book offers an overview of the contributions of author Nora Roberts to the popular literary market. Nora Roberts's captivating biography and extensive canon are explored in this comprehensive reader's guide, including coverage on her early works, critical successes, trilogies and quartets, short stories and novellas, futuristic mysteries written as J.D. Robb, and titles under other pseudonyms. Reading Nora Roberts shows how this remarkable author expands the limits of the genres in which she writes, exploring feminist ideas, Celtic and Western settings, psychological and religious themes, and Gothic and supernatural elements. The book also highlights Roberts's willingness to have her characters face serious real-world issues, including sexism and racism, gun violence, abortion, suicide, corporate greed, and career burnout. Zusammenfassung This book offers an overview of the contributions of author Nora Roberts to the popular literary market.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mary Snodgrass, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Snodgrass Mary Ellen
• Editore: Greenwood Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.12.2009
• EAN: 9780313362934
• ISBN: 978-0-313-36293-4
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: The Pop Lit Book Club; The Pop Lit Book Club
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literary studies: general