Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Reference Guide to His Fiction and His Life - Couverture souple

Roberson, William H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786463619 ISBN 13 : 9780786463619

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2011

Synopsis

Walter M. Miller, Jr., was one of the twentieth century's leading science fiction writers, a two-time Hugo Award winner and author of the classic novels A Canticle for Leibowitz and Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. This comprehensive literary guide provides more than 1,500 alphabetically arranged entries on Miller's life and body of work. It includes summaries of his two novels and all of his shorter works, character descriptions, explanations of the literary, cultural, historical, and religious allusions found in the works, as well as translations of all foreign words and phrases. This guide is meant to inform both scholarly and popular readings of Miller's work.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

William H. Roberson is professor and head librarian at the Brentwood Campus of Long Island University. He is the author of a number of books and his articles have appeared in Critique, Great Lakes Review, RQ, and Bulletin of Bibliography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786463619
• ISBN 13: 9780786463619
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 218
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• Personne responsable: non disponible