Added by: rszyma | Karma: 779.66 | Non-Fiction, Literature Studies | 19 June 2010
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AMERICAN WRITERS, Supplement VThe present volume is mostly about contemporary writers, many of whom have received little sustained attention from critics. For example, Maxine Hong Kingston, Erica Jong, A. R. Gurney, Robert Stone, Tim O'Brien, Ann Beattie, and Russell Banks have been written about in the review pages of newspapers and magazines, but their work has yet to attract significant scholarship.
Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates: The Making of the Modern Gentleman in the Eighteenth Century
Erin Mackie explores the shared histories of the modern polite English gentleman and other less respectable but no less celebrated eighteenth-century masculine types: the rake, the highwayman, and the pirate.
British Women Poets and the Romantic Writing Community
This compelling study recovers the lost lives and poems of British women poets of the Romantic era. Stephen C. Behrendt reveals the range and diversity of their writings, offering new perspectives on the work of dozens of women whose poetry has long been ignored or marginalized in traditional literary history.
Hedonizing Technologies: Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure
Rachel P. Maines's latest work examines the rise of hobbies and leisure activities in Western culture from antiquity to the present day. As technologies are "hedonized," consumers find increasing pleasure in the hobbies' associated tools, methods, and instructional literature.
The Power of Legacy and Planned Gifts: How Nonprofits and Donors Work Together to Change the World
Planned and legacy giving expert Kevin Johnson tailors a how-to guide to the needs of small to medium-sized nonprofits. Written in an easy-to-understand fashion for use in a variety of settings, the book provides the practical knowledge and tools that smaller organizations need to connect with loyal donors and to build a pipeline of future income from bequests to sustain, strengthen, and advance their work and organizational missions.
