books by Amy Sickels (critical ingalls writers)

books by Amy Sickels

books:

Oscar Wilde (Gay & Lesbian Writers)
Jeff Nunokawa, Amy Sickels

Chelsea House Publications, 2005

Despite the success of The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde is sometimes better known for his indecency trial in which he was sentenced to two years hard labour.

Paul Auster (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

Chelsea House Publications, 2003

Poet and novelist, essayist and screenwriter, contemporary author Paul Austor's prolific oeuvre includes the critically acclaimed screenplays for Smoke and Lulu on the Bridge as well as the novels Timbuktu and The Book of Illusions. This title, Paul Auster, part of Chelsea House Publishers? Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Paul Auster through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this ...

Adrienne Rich (Gay and Lesbian Writers)
Amy Sickels

Chelsea House Publications, 2005

Considered by some the poet laureate of radical feminism, Rich has won numerous awards and fellowships in her distinguished career as a poet.

Mythmaker: The Story of J.K. Rowling (Who Wrote That?)
Amy Sickels

Chelsea House Publications, 2008

Virtually everyone knows her name and the names of her wizarding characters. As the 13th richest woman in England, she earned her fortune in a rather unusual way - by writing books. J.K. Rowling is one of the most popular authors of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Her books about Harry Potter's adventures are widely read by adults and children alike and have been translated into more than 64 languages. With the recent completion of the ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Bloom's Biocritiques)

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Amy Sickels, Grace Kim

Chelsea House Publications, 2005

An informed and informative biography of Gabriel Garcia Marques
In "Gabriel Garcia Marquez", Harold Bloom (Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University) provides readers with an informed and informative biography of Gabriel Garcia Marques, the South American writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature and whose most widely known novel for English readers is "One Hundred years of Solitude". "Gabriel Garcia Marquez" features a critical, scholarly, and ...

Gay And Lesbian Writers Set (Gay & Lesbian Writers)
Randall Kenan, Neil Heims, ...

Chelsea House Publications, 2005

" This series explores the lives of well-known writers who often struggled with the perceptions created by their sexual preferences" Volume-specific introductions discuss the individual writer's life highlighting some of their struggles as well as their legacy" Information sidebars pinpoint critical moments in the writer's life as well as provide anecdotal information on the writer.

James Baldwin (Gay & Lesbian Writers)
Randall Kenan, Amy Sickels

Chelsea House Publications, 2005

- This series explores the lives of well-known writers who often struggled with the preceptions created by their sexual preferences - Volume-specific introductions discuss the individual writer's life highlighting some of their struggles as well as their legacy - Informative sidebars pinpoint critical moments in the writer's life as well as provide anecdotal information on the writer

Laura Ingalls Wilder (Who Wrote That?)
Amy Sickels

Chelsea House Publications, 2007

When Laura Ingalls Wilder decided to write about her childhood on the American frontier, she had no idea that her books would become staples of children's literature. Wilder published her first book, "Little House in the Big Woods", at age 65. She went on to write seven more "Little House" books, finishing the last one when she was 76 years old. Born in 1867, Wilder realized that with the "Little House" books, she could capture a rich part of ...