James Richard Giles

Wanda H. Giles

Contains biographical sketches of writers who either began writing novels after 1945 or have done their most important work since then.

Sixth series

American Novelists Since World War II.

Claude McKay

Seventh series

Fourth Series

American Novelists Since World War II

Fifth series

Greg Sarris

Connie A. Jacobs

This volume seeks to enrich teachers' and students' understanding of the fictional world Louise Erdrich creates and to address the challenges of teaching her novels and poetry. The first part of the book provides background readings that establish a context for teaching Erdrich and acquaint teachers with Native American traditions, history, customs, and culture--especially those of the Ojibwe, or Chippewa. In the second section, experienced teachers of Erdrich discuss the strategies they use to engage students in a sometimes unfamiliar world. Essays provide information on Erdrich's tribe, the Turtle Mountain Chippewa of North Dakota, and an overview of tribal history for the past 150 years; sort through Erdrich's large cast of fictional characters, with their complicated family ties and clan relationships; examine her collaborative relationship with her late husband, Michael Dorris; and offer analysis, cultural references, and approaches to teaching Erdrich's most widely anthologized poems.

Approaches to Teaching the Works of Louise Erdrich

Framing his study with two cases of violence involving children in Chicago, he notes the degree to which violence in the novels is perpetrated by adults against children or, even more shockingly, by children against children.".

An End to Innocence

Violence in the Contemporary American Novel

Pp. 44-68, "Protests against Fascism and Anti-Semitism, " summarize and discuss Shaw's short stories of the 1930s-40s on early American complacency about Nazism, Jews' need for revenge against their persecutors (Cossacks in 1918 and Nazis), the world's rejection of Jewish refugees, and the growing threat of antisemitism in America.

A Study of the Short Fiction

Irwin Shaw

James E. Kibler

Second Series

Giles (English, Northern Illinois U.) examines the novels of the American author, Nelson Algren, and places them in the traditions of American literary naturalism, existential modernism, and the American urban novel. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Novels of Nelson Algren

Confronting the Horror

Professor Matthew J Bruccoli

Robert R. Giles

Since the publication in 1964 of his novel LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN, which quickly became a cult classic, Hubert Selby, Jr., has held a place as one of the foremost exponents of American underground literature. In this study, James Giles examines the controversial writer's four novels and one collection of short stories to make the case that Selby's writings represent an innovative merger of both "naturalistic" and "surrealistic" modes.

James Richard Giles

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