theory, etc

A transcription, word for word, of speeches by University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Medallion recipients and guest lecturers.

Discusses the lives of twenty poets including Cynthia Rylant, Ashley Bryan, Paul Fleischman, Maxine Kumin, Brod Bagert, Constance Levy, Luis Rodriguez, and Michael Spooner.

Explores the reasons why women do not have the same influence, power, and wealth as men do.

A collection of many of science fiction's landmark works, providing critical analysis of the origins and meaning of the popular literary form.

Examines the cultural ramifications of neoconservatism by analyzing the main features of these commentators' thoughts and writings.

Provides an overview of thirteen American critical schools and movements from the early 1930s to the mid-1980s, discussing each school or movement's history, main figures and texts, key theories, and links with other movements.

Presents reprints of articles by over fifty professional authors in which they discuss aspects of their lives as writers, drawn from throughout ten years of the "Writing Life" column of the "Washington Post.".

A collection of essays by Robert Scholes which explore the craft of reading and argue that once someone masters the art of reading they are responsible for the readings they produce and the texts they choose to read.

Discusses the life and works of author H.L. Mencken and analyzes how his ideas developed and changed throughout his life.