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Little Lindsey Gets a Haircut (Hardcover): Linda Wagner, Lindsey Moreland Little Lindsey Gets a Haircut (Hardcover)
Linda Wagner, Lindsey Moreland; Illustrated by Jodi Youngman
R657 Discovery Miles 6 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Little Lindsey is a Picky Eater (Hardcover): Linda Wagner, Lindsey Moreland Little Lindsey is a Picky Eater (Hardcover)
Linda Wagner, Lindsey Moreland; Illustrated by Jodi Youngman
R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Maya Angelou (Revised and Updated Edition) - Adventurous Spirit (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Linda Wagner-Martin Maya Angelou (Revised and Updated Edition) - Adventurous Spirit (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R2,433 R1,445 Discovery Miles 14 450 Save R988 (41%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A revised and updated edition of a comprehensive biographical and critical reading of the works of American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Linda Wagner-Martin covers all six of Angelou’s autobiographies, as well as her essay and poetry collections, whilst also exploring Angelou’s life as an African American in the United States, her career as stage and film performer, her thoughtful participation in the Civil Rights actions of the 1960s, and her travels abroad in Egypt, Africa, and Europe. In her discussion of Angelou’s methods of writing her stunning autobiography, which began with the 1970 publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Wagner-Martin writes about the influences of the Harlem Writers Group (led by James Baldwin, Paule Marshall, and John O. Killens) as well as Angelou’s significant friendships with Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other leaders from both international and African American United States cultures. Crucial concepts throughout include the role of oral traditions, of song and dance, of the spiritualism of art based on religious belief, of Angelou’s voiced rhythms and her polished use of dialogue to convey more abstract “meaning.” Wagner-Martin shows that, viewing herself as a global citizen, Angelou never lost her spirit of adventure and discovery as well as her ability to overcome. Named an Outstanding Academic Title of the Year by Choice in 2015, this new edition includes two new chapters on Angelou's connections to Africa and on her final years.

The Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison (Hardcover): Kelly Reames, Linda Wagner-Martin The Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison (Hardcover)
Kelly Reames, Linda Wagner-Martin
R4,310 Discovery Miles 43 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The most substantial collection of critical essays on Morrison to appear since her death in mid-2019, this book contains previously unpublished essays which both acknowledge the universal significance of her writing even as they map new directions. Essayists include pre-eminent Morrison scholars, as well as scholars who work in cultural criticism, African American letters, American modernism, and women's writing. The book includes work on Morrison as a public intellectual; work which places Morrison's writing within today's currents of contemporary fiction; work which draws together Morrison's "trilogy" of Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise alongside Dos Passos' USA trilogy; work which links Morrison to such Black Atlantic artists as Lubaina Himid and others as well as work which offers a reading of "influence" that goes both directions between Morrison and Faulkner. Another cluster of essays treats seldom-discussed works by Morrison, including an essay on Morrison as writer of children's books and as speaker for children's education. In addition, a "Teaching Morrison" section is designed to help teachers and critics who teach Morrison in undergraduate classes. The Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison is wide-ranging, provocative, and satisfying; a fitting tribute to one of the greatest American novelists.

Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald - An American Woman's Life (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): Linda Wagner-Martin Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald - An American Woman's Life (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R1,351 Discovery Miles 13 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Linda Wagner Martin's Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is a twenty first century story. Using cultural and gender studies as contexts, Wagner Martin brings new information to the story of the Alabama judge's daughter who, at seventeen, met her husband to be, Scott Fitzgerald. Swept away from her stable home life into Jazz Age New York and Paris, Zelda eventually learned to be a writer and a painter and she came close to being a ballerina. An evocative portrayal of a talented woman's professional and emotional conflicts, this study contains extensive notes and new photographs. MARKET 1: Scholars and students of American literature; Women's Studies; Modernism; Twentieth-Century Literature MARKET 2: General reader

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism (Hardcover): Linda Wagner-Martin The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism (Hardcover)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R3,880 Discovery Miles 38 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism offers readers a fresh, insightful overview to all genres of postmodern writing. Drawing on a variety of works from not only mainstream authors but also those that are arguably unconventional, renowned scholar Linda Wagner-Martin gives the reader a solid framework and foundation to reading, understanding, and appreciating postmodern literature since its inception through the present day.

Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms - A Reference Guide (Hardcover): Linda Wagner-Martin Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms - A Reference Guide (Hardcover)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R2,249 Discovery Miles 22 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Wagner-Martin, a respected scholar of American modernism and former president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society, offers a comprehensive guide to the novel's genesis, plot, background, themes, style, and critical reception. Each chapter overviews a significant element of the novel and includes thorough documentation. A bibliographic essay is also included.

A landmark of American literature, Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" (1929) is one of the most widely read and studied novels of the 20th century. Written by a respected scholar of American modernism and former president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society, this reference is a comprehensive guide to the novel's genesis, plot, background, themes, style, and critical reception. Each chapter overviews a significant element of the novel and includes thorough documentation. The volume closes with a bibliographic essay, which provides summaries of current criticism in such fields as gender and feminist theory, medical humanities, and lesbian and gay studies.

Walt Whitman - A Literary Life (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Linda Wagner-Martin Walt Whitman - A Literary Life (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R466 Discovery Miles 4 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Walt Whitman: A Literary Life highlights two major influences on Whitman's poetry and life: the American Civil War and his economic condition. Linda Wagner-Martin performs a close reading of many of Whitman's poems, particularly his Civil War work (in Drum-Taps) and those poems written during the last twenty years of his life. Wagner-Martin's study also emphasizes the near-poverty that Whitman experienced. Starting with his early career as a printer and journalist, the book moves to the publication of Leaves of Grass, and his cultivation of the persona of the "working-class" writer. In addition to establishing Whitman's attention to the Civil War through journalism and memoirs, the book takes the approach of following Whitman's life through his poems. Utilizing contemporary perspectives on class, Wagner-Martin provides a new reading of Whitman's economic situation. This is an accessibly written synthesis of Whitman's publication history bringing attention to under-studied aspects of his writing.

The Routledge Introduction to American Modernism (Hardcover): Linda Wagner-Martin The Routledge Introduction to American Modernism (Hardcover)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R3,877 Discovery Miles 38 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The modernist period was crucial for American literature as it gave writers the chance to be truly innovative and create their own distinct identity. Starting slightly earlier than many guides to modernism this lucid and comprehensive guide introduces the reader to the essential history of the period including technology, religion, economy, class, gender and immigration. These contexts are woven of into discussions of many significant authors and texts from the period. Wagner-Martin brings her years of writing about American modernism to explicate poetry and drama as well as fiction and life-writing. Among the authors emphasized are Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, John Dos Passos, William Carlos Williams, Mike Gold, James T. Farrell, Clifford Odets, John Steinbeck and countless others. A clear and engaging introduction to an exciting period of literature, this is the ultimate guide for those seeking an overview of American Modernism.

The Routledge Introduction to American Modernism (Paperback): Linda Wagner-Martin The Routledge Introduction to American Modernism (Paperback)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R1,122 Discovery Miles 11 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The modernist period was crucial for American literature as it gave writers the chance to be truly innovative and create their own distinct identity. Starting slightly earlier than many guides to modernism this lucid and comprehensive guide introduces the reader to the essential history of the period including technology, religion, economy, class, gender and immigration. These contexts are woven of into discussions of many significant authors and texts from the period. Wagner-Martin brings her years of writing about American modernism to explicate poetry and drama as well as fiction and life-writing. Among the authors emphasized are Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, John Dos Passos, William Carlos Williams, Mike Gold, James T. Farrell, Clifford Odets, John Steinbeck and countless others. A clear and engaging introduction to an exciting period of literature, this is the ultimate guide for those seeking an overview of American Modernism.

Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises - A Casebook (Hardcover): Linda Wagner-Martin Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises - A Casebook (Hardcover)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R1,672 Discovery Miles 16 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Still the most popular book of Hemingway's to teach, The Sun Also Rises captures the quintessential romance of the expatriate Americans and Britains in Paris after World War I. As the international vacationers move from Paris to Pamplona for the bullfight festival, the characters wend their various narratives through the impressionistic colours of modern European life. The text provides a way for discussions of war, sexuality, personal angst, and national identity to be linked inextricably with the stylistic traits of modern writing. Both in theme and style, this novel has become synonymous with modernism and is often used as either a starting point for courses in modernism or as a representative modernist novel in broader survey courses. This volume, to be edited by one of Hemingway's most eminent scholars, will present the best in critical essays written about The Sun Also Rises.

Sylvia Plath - The Critical Heritage (Paperback): Linda Wagner-Martin Sylvia Plath - The Critical Heritage (Paperback)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R1,398 Discovery Miles 13 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This set comprises 40 volumes covering 19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68 volume set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995.

A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway (Hardcover): Linda Wagner-Martin A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway (Hardcover)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R1,903 R1,767 Discovery Miles 17 670 Save R136 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 1999 centennial of Ernest Hemingway's birth marks a time for the reevaluation of his position as America's premier modernist writer. The previously unpublished essays in this collection plumb unexplored details of Hemingway's life to illuminate new and unexpected dimensions of the force of his literary accomplishments. The essays discuss biographical details of Hemingway's personal and professional life as well as describe the subleties of his character.

Ernest Hemingway - A Literary Life (Paperback, 2nd ed. 2021): Linda Wagner-Martin Ernest Hemingway - A Literary Life (Paperback, 2nd ed. 2021)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Life includes new research on the best-known of the posthumous publications: A Moveable Feast, 1964 (and the 2009 A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition); Islands in the Stream, 1970; and The Garden of Eden, 1986. Linda Wagner-Martin provides background and intertextual readings-particularly of the way Hemingway's unpublished stories ("Phillip Haines was a writer") and his fiction from Men Without Women and Winner Take Nothing interface with the memoir. The revised edition also highlights and provides background on Hemingway's treatment of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein, his life in Paris in the 1920s, and his connection to the poetry scene there-putting this in conversation with Mary Hemingway's edits of A Moveable Feast. The new chapters also illuminate the reception of Islands in the Stream and a new way of understanding the role of gender and androgyny in The Garden of Eden. On a whole, the book draws from extensive archival research, particularly correspondence of all four of Hemingway's wives.

Toni Morrison - A Literary Life (Paperback, 2nd ed. 2022): Linda Wagner-Martin Toni Morrison - A Literary Life (Paperback, 2nd ed. 2022)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R518 Discovery Miles 5 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A reading of the oeuvre of Toni Morrison-fiction, non-fiction, and other-drawing extensively from her many interviews as well as her primary texts, Toni Morrison: A Literary Life, second edition provides an overview of Morrison's intellectual growth as an artist. Linda Wagner-Martin aligns Morrison's novels with the works of Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, assessing her works as among the most innovative, and most significant, worldwide, of the past fifty plus years. The revised edition includes new discussion of God Help the Child, The Origin of Others, and The Source of Self-Regard. These additions present and intensify scholarship on Morrison's major literary contributions, but also trace her significant role as a public intellectual, bringing to light the consistency of Morrison's aesthetic and political visions.

John Steinbeck - A Literary Life (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017): Linda Wagner-Martin John Steinbeck - A Literary Life (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book aims to both describe and analyze the way Steinbeck learned the writing craft. It begins with his immersion in the short story, some years after he stopped attending Stanford University. Aside from a weak first novel, his professional writing career began with the publication in 1932 of The Pastures of Heaven, stories set in the Salinas Valley and dedicated to his parents. From that book he wrote truly commanding stories such as The Red Pony. Intermixed with Steinbeck's journalism about California's labor difficulties, his writing skill led to his 1930 masterpieces, Of Mice and Men, In Dubious Battle, and The Grapes of Wrath. The latter novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940, led eventually to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He continued producing such wide-ranging works as The Pearl, East of Eden, The Winter of Our Discontent, and Travels with Charley up to just a few months before his death in 1968.

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism (Paperback): Linda Wagner-Martin The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism (Paperback)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R1,115 Discovery Miles 11 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge Introduction to American Postmodernism offers readers a fresh, insightful overview to all genres of postmodern writing. Drawing on a variety of works from not only mainstream authors but also those that are arguably unconventional, renowned scholar Linda Wagner-Martin gives the reader a solid framework and foundation to reading, understanding, and appreciating postmodern literature since its inception through the present day.

Dispatches from Juvenile Hall - Fixing a Failing System (Paperback): Lisa Smith, Linda Wagner, John Aarons Dispatches from Juvenile Hall - Fixing a Failing System (Paperback)
Lisa Smith, Linda Wagner, John Aarons
R561 R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Save R71 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A revolutionary book that offers a fresh, bold approach to confronting the juvenile crime epidemic With the rise of violent crimes committed by teenagers in recent years, heated discussion has arisen over the societal factors that lead to juvenile criminality and the ways that public institutions are failing to curtail them. Now a team of experts with decades of collective hands-on experience present a book that cuts through the hype and paranoia to offer real solutions. Drawing on actual case studies, Dispatches from Juvenile Hall shows how conventional ?tough on crime? tactics have only worsened the problem, and presents a new blueprint for change that incorporates punitive action, rehabilitation, and family intervention?a progressive program that will encourage and enlighten all those concerned about the future of our youth.

New Essays on Go Down, Moses (Paperback, New): Linda Wagner-Martin New Essays on Go Down, Moses (Paperback, New)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R890 R811 Discovery Miles 8 110 Save R79 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Go Down, Moses (1942) came to fruition during the Second World War, was written during one of Faulkner's most traumatic periods, and has fallen to critical neglect amid the vast scholarship on the great Southern writer. In part, this collection aims to tilt the balance, forcing the reader beyond critical commonplaces through asking challenging questions. The five essays assembled here explore the tensions of race and gender apparent throughout the novel. Judith Sensibar approaches the work through Faulkner's relationship with Caroline Barr, the black woman who was his primary caretaker in life; Judith Wittenberg offers an ecological reading; John T. Matthews redefines the novel as a 'Southern' experience; Minrose Gwin focuses on the spaces in the text occupied by black women characters; and Thadious M. Davis charts further complications of the black-white relationships that lie at the heart of the novel.

New Essays on Go Down, Moses (Hardcover, New): Linda Wagner-Martin New Essays on Go Down, Moses (Hardcover, New)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R2,391 Discovery Miles 23 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Go Down, Moses (1942) came to fruition during the Second World War, was written during one of Faulkner's most traumatic periods, and has fallen to critical neglect amid the vast scholarship on the great Southern writer. In part, this collection aims to tilt the balance, forcing the reader beyond critical commonplaces through asking challenging questions. The five essays assembled here explore the tensions of race and gender apparent throughout the novel. Judith Sensibar approaches the work through Faulkner's relationship with Caroline Barr, the black woman who was his primary caretaker in life; Judith Wittenberg offers an ecological reading; John T. Matthews redefines the novel as a 'Southern' experience; Minrose Gwin focuses on the spaces in the text occupied by black women characters; and Thadious M. Davis charts further complications of the black-white relationships that lie at the heart of the novel.

New Essays on The Sun Also Rises (Paperback): Linda Wagner-Martin New Essays on The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Sun Also Rises (1926) was Hemingway's first novel and is now widely considered to be the most important of his longer works of fiction. Written in an accessible style by prominent scholars, this collection of essays provides helpful and valuable insight for new readers and Hemingway specialists alike. Each essay is devoted to a major aspect of the novel: Hemingway's use of humor, the literary and historical context of the book, the atypically modern character of Brett Ashley, and recent approaches to issues of sexuality in the novel.

Sylvia Plath - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover): Linda Wagner-Martin Sylvia Plath - The Critical Heritage (Hardcover)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R12,003 R9,226 Discovery Miles 92 260 Save R2,777 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The "Collected Critical Heritage II" comprises 40 volumes covering 19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxes sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68 volume set of "Critical Heritage" published by Routledge in October 1995. "The Critical Heritage" series gathers together a large body of critical figures in literature. These selected sources include contemporary reviews from both popular and literary media. This volume covers American poet Sylvia Plath.

Toni Morrison and the Maternal - From "The Bluest Eye" to "God Help the Child", Revised Edition (Paperback, 2nd Revised... Toni Morrison and the Maternal - From "The Bluest Eye" to "God Help the Child", Revised Edition (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R1,094 Discovery Miles 10 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this revised edition, Linda Wagner-Martin offers a compelling study of African American writer Toni Morrison's work, beginning with The Bluest Eye in 1970 and continuing through her 2015 novel God Help the Child. Wagner-Martin describes Morrison as an inherently original novelist who was shaped throughout her career by her role within families. Her study focuses on Morrison's use of family in her narratives, particularly on the roles of mother and child. Beginning with the paradigm of a good mother (Mrs. MacTeer) in The Bluest Eye, set against women who are found wanting in their mother roles, Morrison concentrates in various ways on emphasizing these mother characters. Sometimes those roles are peripheral; more often, they are central. In Sula, for example, the title character has no interest in mothering, but she shows herself to be the product of family disinterest; in Song of Solomon Morrison creates what she terms an ancestor figure to give guidance to the young; in Tar Baby Marie Therese continues that role. Beloved tackles many dimensions of a mothers role. As Morrison continues to write her varied and powerful novels, from Jazz and Paradise through Love, A Mercy, and Home, the attention to judging the efficacy of mothering grows. Finally, in God Help the Child, she attends to little else. In Morrison's fictional world, drawing from the human and spiritual forces in both Africa and the United States provides some hope of a truly satisfying existence.

A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway (Paperback): Linda Wagner-Martin A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway (Paperback)
Linda Wagner-Martin
R1,706 Discovery Miles 17 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 1999 Hemingway centennial marks the perfect time for the reevaluation of his position as America's premier modernist writer. These essays, all written specially for this collection, plumb unexplored historical details of Hemingway's life to illuminate new and often unexpected dimensions of the force of his literary accomplishment. Discussing biographical details of his personal and professional life along with the subtleties of his character, the text includes a number of fascinating photos and images.

The Oxford Book of Women's Writing in the United States (Paperback, New Ed): Linda Wagner-Martin, Cathy N. Davidson The Oxford Book of Women's Writing in the United States (Paperback, New Ed)
Linda Wagner-Martin, Cathy N. Davidson
R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Provocative and compulsively readable, lively, engaging, and brilliantly representative, The Oxford Book of Women's Writing in the United States presents short stories, poems, essays, plays, speeces, peformance pieces, erotica, diaries, correspondence, and even a few recipes from nearly one hundred of our best women writers.

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