Bøger af Gavin Cologne-Brookes

The first critical study of William Styron since his death in 2006, Rereading William Styron offers an eloquent reflection on the writer's works, world, and character. Gavin Cologne-Brookes combines personal anecdote, scholarly research, travel writing, and primary material to provide fresh perspectives on Styron's achievements.

This text surveys the writing genres that have contributed to the American notions of America. Essays from scholars from both sides of the Atlantic chart the range of responses to American nationhood, from colonial times to the present, and include dissenting responses from minority communities.

Joyce Carol Oates is America's most extraordinary and prolific woman of letters. Gavin Cologne-Brookes illuminates the vision of Oates, finding evidence in her novels of an evolving consciousness that forgoes abstract introspection in favour of a more practical approach to art as a tool for understanding both personal and social challenges.