Robert McParland

Whether curled up on a sofa with a good mystery, lounging by the pool with a steamy romance, or brooding over a classic novel, Americans love to read. Despite the distractions of modern living, nothing quite satisfies many individuals more than a really good...

Many of the heralded writers of the 20th century-including Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William Faulkner-first made their mark in the 1920s, while established authors like Willa Cather and Sinclair Lewis produced some of their most important works during this...

This book demonstrates how the explosion of distinctly American fiction in the 1920s--including work by authors such as Hemingway, Cather, Dos Passos, Fitzgerald, Faulker, and others--contributed to shaping the national imagination.Author: Robert McParlandISBN-10: 0810895005ISBN-13: 9780810895003Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2017Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize:...

John Steinbeck is one of the most popular and important writers in American literature. Novels such as The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and East of Eden and the journal Travels with Charley convey the core of Steinbeck's work--fiction that is reflective...

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, with their distinct vocal harmonies, blending of rock, jazz, folk, and blues, and political and social activism, have remained one of the most enduring musical acts of the 1960s. This book examines their songs and themes, which continue to...

Cultural Memory, Consciousness, and The Modernist Novel is a study of the novel and consciousness in James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, D. H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf. This volume focuses on novels of the 1920s and engages in a study of Joyce's epiphany and...

Myth pervades heavy metal. With visual elements drawn from medieval and horror cinema, the genre's themes of chaos, dissidence and alienation transmit an image of Promethean rebellion against the conventional. In dialogue with the modern world, heavy metal draws imaginatively on myth and folklore...

The music, performances, and cultural impact of some of the most enduring figures in popular music are explored in Rock Music Icons: Musical and Cultural Impacts. This collection investigates authenticity, identity, and the power of the voices and images of widely circulated and shared...

The music, image, performances, and cultural impact of some of the most enduring figures in popular music are explored in Rock Music Icons, giving the reader an inside look into the creativity of some of the most prominent rock stars of our time.Author: Robert...

The 1970s saw a wave of singer-songwriters flood the airwaves and concert halls across the United States. This book organizes the stories of approximately 150 artists whose songs created the soundtrack to people's lives during the decade that forever shaped musical composition. Some well-known,...

Author: Robert McParlandISBN-10: 1410773043ISBN-13: 9781410773043Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/2003Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.36h x 6.46w x 0.77d

Novels bring us into fictional worlds where we encounter the lives, struggles, and dreams of characters who speak to the underlying pulse of society and social change. In this book, post-World War II America comes alive again as literary critic Robert McParland tilts the...

The Rock Music Imagination is an exploration of rock artists in their social and artistic contexts, particularly between 1964 and 1980, and of rock music in relation to literature, that is, creative expression, fantastic imagination, and contemporary fiction about rock. Robert McParland analyzes how...

The Rock Music Imagination is an exploration of rock artists in their social and artistic contexts, particularly between 1964 and 1980, and of rock music in relation to literature, that is, creative expression, fantastic imagination, and contemporary fiction about rock. Robert McParland analyzes how...