Twaynes United States Authors Series presents concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.
Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volumeaddresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writers work. A reader new to the work under examination will, after reading theAuthors Series, be compelled to turn to the originals, bringing to the reading a basic knowledge and fresh critical perspectives.
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<li> A critical, interpretive study and explication of the authors works </li>
<li> A brief biography of the author </li>
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<li> Aids for further study -- complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index </li>
<li> A readable style presented in a manageable length</li>
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Patricia Highsmith (Twayne's United States Authors Series, No. 683)

Harrison, Russell

Teen & Young Adult

Twayne

Charles Bukowski (1920 1994), poet laureate of the drunk and downtrodden, was an authentic folk-genius of the American vernacular. For Russell Harrison, he was also a "social lyricist" a proletarian poet who saw life-on-the-job in the United States as deadening, demoralizing, yet also the stuff of art. In this collection of essays on Bukowski's poetry and fiction, Harrison is at his most original when tracing influences on the artist's work (from the Surrealists to Jackie Gleason) and when offering us Buk as the anti-Ben Franklin (that is, as the man who defined success as refusing the American Dream).

Against the American Dream: Essays on Charles Bukowski

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Black Sparrow Press

In this challenging and perceptive collection of essays, the author puts the writings of Bukoxski under the microscope to help readers gain a better understanding od the man's work!

History & Criticism

Rebel inc.

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