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Toni Morrison: Writing above the Ground.
Lacour, Claudia Brodsky – Humanities, 1996
Discusses and appraises the work of Nobel Prize winning black author Toni Morrison. Locates thematic and stylistic antecedents in the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Ernest Hemingway. Compares and contrasts Morrison's work with Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" and discusses the critical reception of black authors. (MJP)
Descriptors: Audience Response, Authors, Black Community, Black Culture
Healer in the Village.
Graham, Maryemma – Humanities, 1996
Considers the correlation between the role of community in the life of Toni Morrison and her work. Morrison grew up in the close-knit, multiracial, steel mill town of Lorain, Ohio. Her work often evokes a strong sense of place coupled with a need for communal belonging. (MJP)
Descriptors: Authors, Black Community, Black Culture, Black Literature
"Featureless Freedom" or Ironic Submission: Dorothy Richardson and May Sinclair
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Kaplan, Sydney – College English, 1971
A paper presented at Workshop on Feminist Literature and Feminine Consciousness at annual convention of Modern Language Association of America (New York, December 27, 1970). (Editor)
Descriptors: Authors, English Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices
"Hic Vitae Humanae Mimus:" Notes on the Dramatic Simile of Life
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Glaser, Edward – Hispanic Review, 1973
Special issue as a tribute to Dr. Arnold Reichenberger, a well-known Hispanist, who has served as chairman of the Department of Romance Languages at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. (DS)
Descriptors: Authors, Drama, Metaphors, Moral Criticism
Psychoanalytic Writings on Greek and Latin Authors, 1911-1960
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Glenn, Justin – Classical World, 1972
The 58th article in the Classical World'' Survey Series. (DS)
Descriptors: Authors, Bibliographies, Classical Languages, Classical Literature
La Poesia de Octavio Paz en los Anos Treinta (The Poetry of Octavio Paz During the Thirties)
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Muller-Bergh, Klaus – Revista Iberoamericana, 1971
Descriptors: Authors, Hispanic American Literature, Historical Criticism, Imagery
Octavio Paz y la Literatura Nacional: Afinidades y Oposiciones (Octavio Paz and National Literature: Affinities and Oppositions)
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Leal, Luis – Revista Iberoamericana, 1971
Descriptors: Authors, Hispanic American Literature, Lyric Poetry, Moral Criticism
Patterns and Themes in Afro-American Literature.
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Liebman, Arthur – English Record, 1970
An historical survey of the themes, directions, trends, and artistic techniques of black writers in America provides insight into the works of such artists as Phyllis Wheatley, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and LeRoi Jones. (MF)
Descriptors: Authors, Autobiographies, Black Achievement, Black Literature
The Lived Experience: American Indian Literature after Alcatraz.
Shanley, Kathryn – Akwe:kon Journal, 1994
In 1969, American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island dramatized Native demands for self-determination, tribal lands, and tribal identities. Meanwhile, a blossoming American Indian literary movement began awakening America to Indians' continued existence and providing texts of "lived experience" that created a new kind of Indian leadership and…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Authors
African Tradition in Toni Morrison's "Sula."
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Lewis, Vashti Crutcher – Phylon, 1987
In "Sula" Toni Morrison writes from an African point of view, an African aesthetic. In the book the African presence is subtly woven into Black American culture. Events in the lives of the characters Sula and Shadrack are linked with West African culture and religion. (BJV)
Descriptors: Authors, Black Culture, Black Literature, Foreign Culture
Les grandes options de la stylistique litteraire (The Major Distinctions in Literary Styles)
Tatilon, Claude – Franc Dans Monde, 1970
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Authors, Expressive Language, French
The Aboriginal Motif in Children's Literature. Proceedings of a National Seminar Held at the University of Tasmania Tasmania, Australia, September 25-27, 1981).
Herr, Twila A. J., Ed. – 1981
This seminar on the Aboriginal motif in children's literature was opened by critic Walter McVitty with a paper entitled "The Presentation of Australian Aborigines and Their Culture in Children's Literature: A Brief Overview." In "Some Thoughts on the Aborigine as Presented in Children's Literature," Queensland author Bill Scott…
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Images