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Philip Roth: Novels & Other Narratives 1986-1991 (LOA #185) by Roth Philip
Category: Fiction | Series: Library of America Philip Roth Edition Ser.
For the last half century, the novels of Philip Roth have re-energized American fiction and redefined its possibilities, leading the critic Harold Bloom to proclaim Roth ?our foremost novelist since Faulkner.? Roth?s comic genius, his imaginative daring, his courage in exploring uncomfortable truths, an ...Show more
Philip Roth: Novels and Stories 1959-1962 by Philip Roth
Category: Fiction | Series: Library of America (Hardcover)
Here for the first time in an authoritative two-volume reader's edition are the fresh social observations contained within Roth's six books: "Goodbye Columbus, Letting Go, When She Was Good, Portnoy's Complaint, Our Gang," and "The Breast."
Philip Roth: The American Trilogy by Philip Roth
Category: Fiction | Series: Library of America
Gathered together for the first time in this seventh volume of The Library of America's definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works is the acclaimed "American Trilogy," a major milestone in contemporary American literature. In "American Pastoral" (1997), Swede Levov is wrenched from the tranquil ...Show more
Philip Roth: Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue 1979-1985 by Philip Roth
Category: Fiction | Series: Library of America (Hardcover)
For the last half century, the novels of Philip Roth have re-energized American fiction and redefined its possibilities, leading the critic Harold Bloom to proclaim Roth "our foremost novelist since Faulkner." Roth's comic genius, his imaginative daring, his courage in exploring uncomfortable truths, an ...Show more
Rachel Carson - Silent Spring and Other Writings on the Environment by Rachel Carson; Sandra Steingraber (Editor)
Category: Enviromental Issues | Series: The\Library of America Ser.
The book that sparked the modern environmental movement, with an unprecedented collection of letters, speeches, and other writings that reveal the extraordinary courage and vision of its author Library of America launches its Rachel Carson edition with this deluxe illustrated volume presenting one of th ...Show more
Selected Speeches and Writings by Abraham Lincoln
Category: History | Series: Library of America Paperback Classics
?Alone among American Presidents, it is possible to imagine Lincoln, grown up in a different milieu, becoming a distinguished writer of a not merely political kind.?--Edmund Wilson Ranging from finely honed legal argument to wry and some sometimes savage humor to private correspondence and political rhe ...Show more
Stories and Early Novels: Pulp Stories / the Big Sleep / Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
Category: Fiction | Series: Library of America Raymond Chandler Edition Ser.
The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. ...Show more
Susan Sontag: Essays of the 1960s & 70s: Against Interpretation, Styles of Radical Will, on Photography, Illness as Metaphor, Uncollected Essays by Susan Sontag
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Library of America
With the publication of her first book of criticism, "Against Interpretation," in 1966, Susan Sontag placed herself at the forefront of an era of cultural and political transformation. "What is important now," she wrote, "is to recover our senses . . . . In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of ...Show more
The American Stage: Writing on Theater from Washington Irving to Tony Kushner by Lawrence Senelick
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Library of America
Here is the story, told firsthand through electric, deeply engaged writing, of America's living theater, high and low, mainstream and experimental. Drawing on history, criticism, memoir, fiction, poetry, and parody, editor Laurence Senelick presents writers with the special knack "to distill both the im ...Show more
The Civil War: The Second Year Told by Those Who Lived It by Stephen Sears
Category: History | Series: Library of America (Hardcover)
The Library of America's ambitious four-volume series continues with this volume that traces events from January 1862 to January 1863, an unforgettable portrait of the crucial year that turned a secessionist rebellion into a war of emancipation. Including eleven never-before- published pieces, here are ...Show more
The Unknown Kerouac - Rare, Unpublished, and Newly Translated Writings by Jack Kerouac; Todd Tietchen (Editor); Jean-Christophe Cloutier (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Library of America Ser.
In On the Road and other iconic works, Jack Kerouac created a quintessentially American voice and a revolutionary prose style. This remarkable gathering of previously unpublished writings reveals as never before the extraordinary literary journey that led to his phenomenal success--a journey with deep r ...Show more
War No More : Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing by Lawrence (EDT) Rosenwald
Category: History | Series: Library of America