Towards the Transhuman
James Atlas, 2 February 1984
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
by James Hart.
Oxford, 896 pp., £27.50, November 1983,0 19 503074 5 Show More
by James Hart.
Oxford, 896 pp., £27.50, November 1983,
The Modern American Novel
by Malcolm Bradbury.
Oxford, 209 pp., £9.95, April 1983,0 19 212591 5 Show More
by Malcolm Bradbury.
Oxford, 209 pp., £9.95, April 1983,
The Literature of the United States
by Marshall Walker.
Macmillan, 236 pp., £14, November 1983,0 333 32298 3 Show More
by Marshall Walker.
Macmillan, 236 pp., £14, November 1983,
American Fictions 1940-1980: A Comprehensive History and Critical Valuation
by Frederick Karl.
Harper and Row, 637 pp., £31.50, February 1984,0 06 014939 6 Show More
by Frederick Karl.
Harper and Row, 637 pp., £31.50, February 1984,
Hugging the Shore: Essays and Criticism
by John Updike.
Deutsch, 919 pp., £21, January 1984,0 233 97610 8 Show More
by John Updike.
Deutsch, 919 pp., £21, January 1984,
“... is: who reads these books and what purpose do they serve? I can imagine looking up a name in James Hart’s fifth edition of The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Updated to include ‘authors not yet born when this book was first begun’, it offers abbreviated commentaries on such newly arrived figures on the scene as Diane Wakoski (1937-; cited ... ”