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Suggested Resources
Bloom's How to Write about Gabriel García Márquez by
Bloom's How to Write about Literature series is designed to inspire students to write fine essays on great writers and their works. Each volume in the series begins with an introduction by Harold Bloom, meditating on the challenges and rewards of writing about the volume’s subject author. The first chapter then provides detailed instructions on how to write a good essay, including how to find a thesis; how to develop an outline; how to write a good introduction, body text, and conclusion; how to cite sources; and more. The second chapter provides a brief overview of the issues involved in writing about the subject author and then a number of suggestions for paper topics, with accompanying strategies for addressing each topic. Succeeding chapters cover the author’s major works.
Publication Date: 2010 (eBook)
Gabriel García Márquez by
The original essays in this set offer a time line of García Márquez’s achievements and consider his influence on a younger generation of writers. One essay combines biographical information with a broad overview of how One Hundred Years of Solitude was received by the literary world—placing that volume at the center of García Márquez’s body of work. Another also considers One Hundred Years, with the focus being the mystical character of Remedios. A final essay finishes this section with a comparison between García Márquez’s travelogue 90 días and Don Quixote de La Mancha. The section of republished essays brings together a variety of perspectives on García Márquez’s major works.
Publication Date: 2010
Naguib Mahfouz: The Pursuit of Meaning by
Rasheed El-Enany presents a systematic evaluation of the author's life and environment; local and foreign influences on him; elements of his thought and technique and the evolution of his craft.
Publication Date: 1993
The 100 Most Influential Writers of All Time by
There are few tools more powerful than the written word. Writers who finely hone their craft possess the ability to spread messages, change minds, or create something lastingly beautiful. As shown in the pages of this volume, masterful writers through the ages have run the gamut from early dramatists and poets such as Aristophanes, Sophocles, and Shakespeare to successful modern-day novelists, including Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, and J.K. Rowling.
Call Number: PN451 .A15 2010
