The Great Spruce by JohnDuvall, Rebecca Gibbon Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2016 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books For Young Readers ISBN-13: 978-0-399-16084-4, ISBN: 0-399-16084-1
"Together with his grandpa, a young boy finds a way to save his favorite tree in this heartwarming Christmas tale Alec loves to climb trees the little apple trees, the wide willow trees, even the tall locust trees. But his favorite is the great spruce, with its sturdy trunk and branches that stretch up to the sky. Alec s grandpa planted it as a sapling years and years before Alec was born, and every Christmas, Alec and his grandpa decora ..."
The Great Spruce by JohnDuvall 40 Pages, Published 2016 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-0-698-19627-8, ISBN: 0-698-19627-9
"Together with his grandpa, a young boy finds a way to save his favorite tree in this heartwarming Christmas tale Alec loves to climb trees—the little apple trees, the wide willow trees, even the tall locust trees."
"Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by ChoiceSelected as an Outstanding Reference Source by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library AssociationThere are many anthologies of southern literature, but this is the first companion. Neither a survey of masterpieces nor a biographical sourcebook, The Companion to Southern Literature treats every conceivable topic found in southern writing from the pre-Columbian ..."
"In these stimulating papers from the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference in 1985, feminism and Faulkner studies collide, with beneficial results for each. The disruptive and disturbing characterization of women in Faulkner's fictional world and the influence of actual women in the novelist's life are given attentive study in these papers. The contributors to this collection consider questions debated for many decades in Faulkner studi ..."
"This comprehensive Companion to William Faulkner reflects the current dynamic state of Faulkner studies. Explores the contexts, criticism, genres and interpretations of Nobel Prize–winning writer William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist Comprises newly–commissioned essays written by an international contributor team of leading scholars Guides readers through the plethora of critical approaches to Faulkner over t ..."
"Each generation revises literary history and this is nowhere more evident than in the post-Second World War period. This 2011 Companion offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of the diversity of American fiction since the Second World War. Essays by nineteen distinguished scholars provide critical insights into the significant genres, historical contexts, cultural diversity and major authors during a period of eno ..."
"With the publication of his seminal novel White Noise, Don DeLillo was elevated into the pantheon of great American writers. His novels are admired and studied for their narrative technique, political themes, and their prophetic commentary on the cultural crises affecting contemporary America. In an age dominated by the image, DeLillo's fiction encourages the reader to think historically about such matters as the Cold War, the assassina ..."
The Environmental Documentary Cinema Activism in the 21st Century (Paperback) by Duvall, John A 368 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-5013-4751-1, ISBN: 1-5013-4751-9
Don DeLillo's Underworld(Updated) A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries) by John Noel Duvall Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2002 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-5241-2, ISBN: 0-8264-5241-8
"This collection of eccentric scientists, who see but dimly any connections
between their research and its possible applications, seems to anticipate
DeLillo's portrayal of the work of Underworld's "bombheads," who are similarly
secreted in a wasteland underground and are charged with developing newer,
better designs for nuclear weaponry; they don't necessarily love war but they do
love the challenge of the science. Both novels' und ..."
Faulkner and His Critics(1st Edition) (A Modern Fiction Studies Book) by John N. Duvall Paperback, 408 Pages, Published 2010 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-9699-6, ISBN: 0-8018-9699-1
"Drawn from the pages of Modern Fiction Studies-with its distinguished tradition of publishing scholarship on William Faulkner-this landmark volume collects nineteen seminal essays that focus on Faulkner's most popular fiction, reflecting the enduring relevance of his canon. The essays are grouped thematically into four categories-Myth and Religion; Temporality, History, and Trauma; Gender and Race: Affect, the Body, and Identity; and ..."
The Environmental Documentary Cinema Activism in the 21st Century by John A. Duvall Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2017 by Bloomsbury Academic Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-7611-0, ISBN: 1-4411-7611-X
"The Environmental Documentary provides the first extensive coverage of the most important environmental films of the decade, including their approach to their topics and their impacts on public opinion and political debate. While documentaries with themes of environmental activism date back at least to Pare Lorenz's films of the 1930's, no previous decade has produced the number and quality of films that engage environmental issues from ..."
Narrating 9/11 Fantasies of State, Security, and Terrorism (A Modern Fiction Studies Book) by John N. Duvall, Robert P. Marzec Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2015 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-1738-7, ISBN: 1-4214-1738-3
"Contemporary fiction takes on 9/11, interrogating the global expansion of surveillance based on fantasies of US national security.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLNarrating 9/11 challenges the notion that Americans have overcome the national trauma of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The volume responds to issues of war, surveillance, and the expanding security state, inc ..."
"Each generation revises literary history and this is nowhere more evident than in the post-Second World War period. This 2011 Companion offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of the diversity of American fiction since the Second World War. Essays by nineteen distinguished scholars provide critical insights into the significant genres, historical contexts, cultural diversity and major authors during a period of eno ..."
Faulkner and His Critics(1st Edition) (A Modern Fiction Studies Book) by John N. Duvall Hardcover, 408 Pages, Published 2010 by Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-9698-9, ISBN: 0-8018-9698-3
"Drawn from the pages of Modern Fiction Studies—with its distinguished tradition of publishing scholarship on William Faulkner—this landmark volume collects nineteen seminal essays that focus on Faulkner’s most popular fiction, reflecting the enduring relevance of his canon.The essays are grouped thematically into four categories—Myth and Religion; Temporality, History, and Trauma; Gender and Race: Affect, the Body, and Identity; and Mo ..."
"Race and White Identity in Southern Fiction explores a form of racial passing that has gone largely unnoticed. Duvall makes visible the means by which southern novelists repeatedly imagined their white characters as fundamentally black in some sense. Beginning with William Faulkner, Duvall traces a form of figurative and rhetorical masking in twentieth-century southern fiction that derives from whiteface minstrelsy. In the fiction of su ..."
"[CDATA]June Carter was born in the rugged mountains of Maces Springs, Virginia, to Ezra and Maybelle Carter, pioneers of country music. On stage from a very young age, June found her niche in the spotlight with her vivacious personality and down-home sense of humor. Her confidence and spirit were what attracted Johnny Cash to her in the late 1950s. On the road together, they quickly bonded. June was his helpmate and closest companion. T ..."
Faulkner's Marginal Couple(1st Edition) Invisible, Outlaw, and Unspeakable Communities by John N. Duvall Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-75114-9, ISBN: 0-292-75114-1
"Is William Faulkner's fiction built on a fundamental dichotomy of outcast individual versus the healthy agrarian community? The New Critics of the 1930s advanced this view, and it has shaped much Faulkner criticism. However, in Faulkner's Marginal Couple, John Duvall posits the existence of another possibility, alternative communities formed by "deviant" couples. These couples, who violate "normal" gender roles and behaviors, challenge ..."
Faulkner’s Marginal Couple Invisible, Outlaw, and Unspeakable Communities by John N. Duvall 182 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-77219-9, ISBN: 0-292-77219-X
"Preface. 1. Juliet Mitchell holds out the possibility, however, that “when the
feminist movement has a revolutionary theory and practice, men too (if with
difficulty) can give up their patriarchal privileges and become feminists. This is
not to say that they can become members of the movement where itoperates at ...
I am indebted to Toril Moi's lucidly synthesizing readings of major feminist
thinkers in Sexual/Textual Politics for ..."