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Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences

Author : John Powell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313096678
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences written by John Powell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-10-30 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, the process of cultural development and, in particular, the role of reading has been of growing interest, but recent research has been episodic and idiosyncratic. In this biographical dictionary, research devoted specifically to the reading habits of 19th century individuals who shaped Western culture is brought together for the first time. While giving prominent coverage to literary and political figures, the volume's 270 entries also include musicians, painters, educators, and explorers. Each entry includes brief biographical information, a concise summary of literary influences on the subject, and clear direction for further research. The book provides a practical tool for scholars wishing to trace the reading experience of important Western cultural figures. Subjects were selected from the people most responsible for the cultural development of Europe, Britain and the British Empire, and the Americas between 1800 and 1914. Although selective, the sample of 270 figures is substantial enough to suggest broad, cross-cultural habits and effects, enabling scholars to better understand the relationship between reading and culture. In an introductory essay, Powell explores the patterns and relationships that can be discerned from the entries. The first of three anticipated volumes, the book is an important step forward in researching the role of reading in cultural development.

Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences

Author : John Powell
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780313304224
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences written by John Powell and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2001 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, the process of cultural development and, in particular, the role of reading has been of growing interest, but recent research has been episodic and idiosyncratic. In this biographical dictionary, research devoted specifically to the reading habits of 19th century individuals who shaped Western culture is brought together for the first time. While giving prominent coverage to literary and political figures, the volume's 270 entries also include musicians, painters, educators, and explorers. Each entry includes brief biographical information, a concise summary of literary influences on the subject, and clear direction for further research. The book provides a practical tool for scholars wishing to trace the reading experience of important Western cultural figures. Subjects were selected from the people most responsible for the cultural development of Europe, Britain and the British Empire, and the Americas between 1800 and 1914. Although selective, the sample of 270 figures is substantial enough to suggest broad, cross-cultural habits and effects, enabling scholars to better understand the relationship between reading and culture. In an introductory essay, Powell explores the patterns and relationships that can be discerned from the entries. The first of three anticipated volumes, the book is an important step forward in researching the role of reading in cultural development.

A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

Author : John William Cousin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature written by John William Cousin and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography

Author : Mary Bruccoli
Publisher : Gale
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography written by Mary Bruccoli and published by Gale. This book was released on 1987 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography covers only the American authors most frequently studied in high school and college literature courses. It extracts and fully updates essays in their entirety from the much larger Dictionary of Literary Biography series.The 6-vol. set begins each entry with a helpful chart that instantly shows the important places, influences and relationships; literary movements; major themes; cultural and artistic influences; and social and economic influences that most affected the featured author's work. The set is organized chronologically.Each volume is devoted to a single historical period, covering 30-40 representative writers from all genres. They include:Colonization to the American Renaissance, 1640-1865Realism, Naturalism, and Local Color, 1865-1917The Twenties, 1917-1929The Age of Maturity, 1929-1941The New Consciousness, 1941-1968Broadening Views, 1968-1988The Supplement to the 6-vol. set, Modern American Writers, provides additional information on 20th-century authors featured in the original volumes.

Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

Author : John W. Cousin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.P/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of English Literature written by John W. Cousin and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library of the World's Best Literature: Biographical dictionary

Author : Charles Dudley Warner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Library of the World's Best Literature: Biographical dictionary written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure

Author : C. D. Rose
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 161219379X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure written by C. D. Rose and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A darkly comic, satirical reference book about writers who never made it into the literary canon A signal event of literary scholarship, The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure compiles the biographies of history’s most notable cases of a complete lack of literary success. As such, it is the world’s leading authority on the subject. Compiled in one volume by C. D. Rose, a well-educated person universally acknowledged in parts of England as the world’s pre-eminent expert on inexpert writers, the book culls its information from lost or otherwise ignored archives scattered around the globe, as well as the occasional dustbin. The dictionary amounts to a monumental accomplishment: the definitive appreciation of history’s least accomplished writers. Thus immortalized beyond deserving and rescued from hard-earned obscurity, the authors presented in this historic volume comprise a who’s who of the talentless and deluded, their stories timeless litanies of abject psychosis, misapplication, and delinquency. It is, in short, a treasure.

Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

Author : John W. Cousin
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465571884
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of English Literature written by John W. Cousin and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1921 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law

Author : Roger K. Newman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300113005
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law written by Roger K. Newman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to gather in a single volume concise biographies of the most eminent men and women in the history of American law. Encompassing a wide range of individuals who have devised, replenished, expounded, and explained law, The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law presents succinct and lively entries devoted to more than 700 subjects selected for their significant and lasting influence on American law. Casting a wide net, editor Roger K. Newman includes individuals from around the country, from colonial times to the present, encompassing the spectrum of ideologies from left-wing to right, and including a diversity of racial, ethnic, and religious groups. Entries are devoted to the living and dead, the famous and infamous, many who upheld the law and some who broke it. Supreme Court justices, private practice lawyers, presidents, professors, journalists, philosophers, novelists, prosecutors, and others--the individuals in the volume are as diverse as the nation itself. Entries written by close to 600 expert contributors outline basic biographical facts on their subjects, offer well-chosen anecdotes and incidents to reveal accomplishments, and include brief bibliographies. Readers will turn to this dictionary as an authoritative and useful resource, but they will also discover a volume that delights and entertains. Listed in The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law: John Ashcroft Robert H. Bork Bill Clinton Ruth Bader Ginsburg Patrick Henry J. Edgar Hoover James Madison Thurgood Marshall Sandra Day O'Connor Janet Reno Franklin D. Roosevelt Julius and Ethel Rosenberg John T. Scopes O. J. Simpson Alexis de Tocqueville Scott Turow And more than 700 others

Dictionary of Literary Influences

Author : John Powell
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313317844
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Literary Influences written by John Powell and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2004-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating the cultural giants of the 20th century, this volume traces their reading habits and intellectual development, as well as their contributions to Western culture. Suggesting the literary influences on these figures, the book includes 355 entries on people from a broad range of fields, including scientists, politicians, business figures, writers, religious leaders, and figures from the performing arts and popular culture. The volume is a handy companion to Powell's earlier volume, Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914. Reflecting non-Western influences on Western culture, the volume includes such Asian and African figures as Mohandas Gandhi and Wole Soyinka, while also covering the significant Western figures. As the volume recognizes, forms of cultural influence evolved in the 20th century to include more aural and visual influences. Yet the volume still reveals fascinating literary influences throughout the century.

Ruminations, Volume 4: Gloria! Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers

Author : Eric v.d. Luft
Publisher : Gegensatz Press
ISBN 13 : 1621307417
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Ruminations, Volume 4: Gloria! Selected Philosophical, Historical, and Ideological Papers written by Eric v.d. Luft and published by Gegensatz Press. This book was released on 2022-12-23 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays and other short works on Hegel, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Burke, Stepelevich, Schopenhauer, Plotinus, Mary Walker, Edgar Bauer, mental imagery, the principle of sufficient reason, special collections librarianship, psychiatry, time, contract bridge, etc.

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Author : Bobby Ellen Kimbel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780810345829
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Literary Biography written by Bobby Ellen Kimbel and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biographical Dictionary of Psychology

Author : Leonard Zusne
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Psychology written by Leonard Zusne and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1984-10-18 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended "to present short biographical statements on several hundred deceased psychologists and individuals from other fields who had made a contribution to the development of psychology from antiquity to the present." Contains approximately 1200 entries. Alphabetical arrangement by names. Entries give personal, educational, professional information, references to biographies, and brief discussion. Miscellaneous appendixes.

A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists

Author : Robert Weinberg
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313243492
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists written by Robert Weinberg and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1988-04-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weinberg's work is so ground-breaking, his research so arduous, and his precursors in this field so generally unhelpful that we must regard this as charting virtually unexplored waters. There is nothing really to compare the book to, and there is not likely to be a more complete such book in the near future. Weinberg deserves the thanks of anyone seriously interested in what we might call the cultural history of SF, and his book belongs in any collection that purports to represent that history. Science Fiction Studies While there have been numerous books published over the past few decades on the subject of science fiction and fantasy books and movies, almost no attention has been paid to science fiction and fantasy artists. Although a number of picture books emerged in recent years, only a limited number have provided any significant information. This comprehensive biographical dictionary represents one of the first research efforts in the field of science fiction art. It is not an art book, but rather a book about artists. As one of the first comprehensive biographical dictionaries, it was intended to serve as a catalyst to stimulate further scholarship.

Ruminations, Volume 2, Dawns and Departures

Author : Eric v.d. Luft
Publisher : Gegensatz Press
ISBN 13 : 1933237937
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book Ruminations, Volume 2, Dawns and Departures written by Eric v.d. Luft and published by Gegensatz Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays and other short works on Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, socialism, Stirner, Feuerbach, Karl Schmidt, art, religion, popular music, suicide, games, humor, and general culture.

Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists

Author : George A. Cevasco
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313036497
Total Pages : 958 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists written by George A. Cevasco and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-12-09 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casting a wide net, this volume provides personal and professional information on some 445 American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists, who lived from the late 15th century to the late 20th century. It includes explorers who published works on the natural history of North America, conservationists, ecologists, environmentalists, wildlife management specialists, park planners, national park administrators, zoologists, botanists, natural historians, geographers, geologists, academics, museum scientists and administrators, military personnel, travellers, government officials, political figures and writers and artists concerned with the environment. Some of the subjects are well known. The accomplishments of others are little known. Each entry contains a succinct but careful evaluation of the subject's career and contributions. Entries also include up-to-date bibliographies and information concerning manuscript sources.

Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers

Author : Stuart Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134927959
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers written by Stuart Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Biographical Dictionary provides detailed accounts of the lives, works, influence and reception of thinkers from all the major philosophical schools and traditions of the twentieth-century. This unique volume covers the lives and careers of thinkers from all areas of philosophy - from analytic philosophy to Zen and from formal logic to aesthetics. All the major figures of philosophy, such as Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Russell are examined and analysed. The scope of the work is not merely restricted to the major figures in western philosophy but also covers in depth a significant number of thinkers from the near and far east and from the non-European Hispanic-language communities. The Biographical Dictionary also includes a number of general entries dealing with important schools of philosophy, such as the Vienna Circle, or currents of thought, such as vitalism. These allow the reader to set the individual biographies in the context of the philosophical history of the period. With entries written by over 100 leading philosophy scholars, the Biographical Dictionary is the most comprehensive survey of twentieth-century thinkers to date. Structure The book is structured alphabetically by philosopher. Each entry is identically structured for ease of access and covers: * nationality * dates and places of birth and death * philosophical style or school * areas of interest * higher education * significant influences * main appointments * main publications * secondary literature * account of intellectual development and main ideas * critical reception and impact At the end of the book a glossary gives accounts of the schools, movements and traditions to which these philosophers belonged, and thorough indexes enable the reader to access the information in several ways: * by nationality * by major areas of contribution to philosophy e.g. aesthetics * by major influences on the thinker concerned e.g. Plato, Kant, Wittgenstein