Contemporary Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Today's Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Scriptwriters, and Other Creative Writers
by Hunter, Jeffrey W.; Karr, Justin; Vedder, Polly A.; White, Timothy J.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher(s): Gale / Cengage Learning
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Summary
Each volume profiles about six to eight novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative and nonfiction writers who are currently active or who died after Dec. 31, 1999. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted critical essays and reviews. A cumulative title index to the entire series is available separately (included in subscription).
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Literary Criticism Series Advisory Board | p. xiii |
| Octavia E. Butler 1947-2006: American novelist, short story writer, and essayist | p. 1 |
| June Jordan 1936-2002: American poet, essayist, novelist, editor, journalist, and dramatist | p. 132 |
| Alan Moore 1953: English graphic novelist and novelist | p. 259 |
| Quentin Tarantino 1963: American screenwriter and director | p. 316 |
| Literary Criticism Series Cumulative Author Index | p. 407 |
| Literary Criticism Series Cumulative Topic Index | p. 515 |
| CLC Cumulative Nationality Index | p. 529 |
| CLC-230 Title Index | p. 545 |
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