"In this candid and bluntly humorous collection of essays on a wide range of topics, Lurie begins with a portrait of her life at Radcliffe during World War II when the smartest women in the country were treated like second-class citizens, the most scholarly among them expected to work in factories to support the war effort. She moves on to her unheralded, clumsy attempts and near failure to be a writer and, finally having reached a level of recognition,...

A biographical-bibliographical guide to the writers who have received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Provides entries for each Nobel Prize Laureate, including the Nobel Prize in Literature presentation speech for the corresponding year and the banquet speech given by the Nobel Prize Laureate.

A biographical-bibliographical guide to the writers who have received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Provides entries for each Nobel Prize Laureate, including the Nobel Prize in Literature presentation speech for the corresponding year and the banquet speech given by the Nobel Prize Laureate.

Presents concise biographies and full-text literary criticism on the works of authors currently living or who died after December 31, 1959. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, interviews, radio/television transcripts, and scholarly papers.

Discusses characters from the works of major novelists, dramatists, and short story writers of the nineteenth century. Offers insights into characterization, author intention, and narrative.