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Product Identifiers
PublisherCengage GALE
ISBN-100810345102
ISBN-139780810345102
eBay Product ID (ePID)840586
Product Key Features
Book TitleContemporary Authors Autobiography
Number of Pages350 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Literary
Publication Year1990
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMark Zadrozny
Book SeriesContemporary Authors Autobiography Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight59.3 Oz
Item Length11.2 in
Item Width8.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition19
Grade FromNinth Grade
Series Volume Number11
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal809
SynopsisEach of the 30 volumes in this series presents about 20 autobiographical essays written exclusively for the series, allowing your patrons to approach each authors life from a unique, highly personal vantage point. Varying in style and length (minimum 10, 000 words) and international in scope, authors essays are brimming with reflections and insights. A unique resource for studies on the memoir, each essay is illustrated with photographs supplied by the author and followed with a complete bibliographic listing of works. Every volume also provides a cumulative subject index to the more than 450 entrants in the series. Featured authors include: Diane Ackerman George Bowering Dennis Brutus Rita Dove Howard Fast Michael Gilbert Larry Heinemann Garrett Hongo Sandra McPherson Gerald Vizenor Anne Waldman Elie Wiesel Tobias Wolff And many more (Note: this series has been discontinued, however new autobiographical essays will appear periodically in the Contemporary Authors series., Each of the 30 volumes in this series presents about 20 autobiographical essays written exclusively for the series, allowing your patrons to approach each authors life from a unique, highly personal vantage point. Varying in style and length (minimum 10, 000 words) and international in scope, authors essays are brimming with reflections and insights. A unique resource for studies on the memoir, each essay is illustrated with photographs supplied by the author and followed with a complete bibliographic listing of works. Every volume also provides a cumulative subject index to the more than 450 entrants in the series. Featured authors include: Diane Ackerman George Bowering Dennis Brutus Rita Dove Howard Fast Michael Gilbert Larry Heinemann Garrett Hongo Sandra McPherson Gerald Vizenor Anne Waldman Elie Wiesel Tobias Wolff And many more (Note: this series has been discontinued, however new autobiographical essays will appear periodically in the Contemporary Authors series.), Each of the 30 volumes in this series presents about 20 autobiographical essays written exclusively for the series, allowing your patrons to approach each author's life from a unique, highly personal vantage point. Varying in style and length (minimum 10,000 words) and international in scope, authors' essays are brimming with reflections and insights.A unique resource for studies on the memoir, each essay is illustrated with photographs supplied by the author and followed with a complete bibliographic listing of works. Every volume also provides a cumulative subject index to the more than 450 entrants in the series. Featured authors include:Diane AckermanGeorge BoweringDennis BrutusRita DoveHoward FastMichael GilbertLarry HeinemannGarrett HongoSandra McPhersonGerald VizenorAnne WaldmanElie WieselTobias WolffAnd many more(Note: this series has been discontinued, however new autobiographical essays will appear periodically in the Contemporary Authors series.), This work aims to be a source for first-person details of modern fiction and non-fiction writers provided in the form of autobiographical essays. Additional material is provided by bibliographies and a cumulative index to personal and place names, titles of books and similar items mentioned in the autobiographical essays. For visual impact, each essay is illustrated with pictures supplied by the author and family. The Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series contains a total of 219 essays.
LC Classification NumberPN453 .C63
