Dr.
English 218
Spring 2007
Writing About Literature: Contemporary
Novels
Contemporary Issues
Office: LL 210 A Phone: 727 6097 Email: Sarah.Duerden@asu.edu
Fall Office Hours: M & W 1-3 and by appointment
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- Literature Resource Center( Includes biographies, bibliographies & critical analysis of authors from every age & literary discipline. Covers novelists, poets, essayists, journalists & other writers. Includes full text of journals on literature and literary criticism.)
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
- Ingenta (1988+)
- LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe
- NewsBank (1991+)
- Electronic Indexes for Periodicals
- Electronic Journals
- Books in Print Collection : (publication information and reviews)
- Choice ( 1988+) (reviews)
Links for Critical Approaches
- The Bedford St Martins Virtua Lit Site
- Bedford St Martins Critical Approaches
- Bedford St Martins Lit Links
Links for Writing Better Papers
- OWL Purdue Writing About Fiction
- Diane Hackers Supplement on Writing About Literature
- Diane Hacker's MLA Documentation
Links to Websites
about Authors
Links
for Helen Fielding
- Penguin Reading Guide for Helen Fielding
- Salon Magazine on Helen Fielding
- Beryl Bainbridge on Chick-lit
- What's Wrong with Chick-Lit
- http://www.bookgirl.org/chick.htm
- http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,541954,00.html
- http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,-203,00.html
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4244663,00.html
- http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000054DC.htm
Links for Nick Hornby
- Nick Hornby Penguin site
- http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,-88,00.html
- Interview with Hornby on About a Boy
- Salon Interview with Nick Hornby
- Interview with Nick Hornby (Observer)
- http:/search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=nick+hornby
- British Council Contemporary Writers
- Interview with Nick Hornby
(on being a novelist)
Interview with Nick Hornby from the Writer's Chronicle - NPR interview with Nick Hornby (listen)
Links for
Mark Haddon
- Powell Interview with Mark Haddon
- Guardian Interview with Mark Haddon
- Mostly Fiction Website for Mark Haddon
- RandomHouse Website for Mark Haddon
- NPR interview with Mark Haddon
- Interview for the British Council
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Haddon
- British Council Contemporary Writers
Liz Jensen
Official Website:
http://www.lizjensen.com
Links to The Paper
Eater: http://www.papereater.com/
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The Ninth Life of Louis Drax: the Independent's Book Group delivers a verdict |
Kazuo
Ishiguro
- British Council Contemporary Writers
- Guardian Profile of Ishiguro
- Sunday Times Review of Never Let Me Go
- NPR article and Interview on Ishiguro & Never Let Me Go
Margaret
Atwood
- Margaret Atwood Website
- UK website for Atwood and Oryx and Crake
- Interview with Margaret Atwood on Oryx and Crake
- Atwood's comments on Oryx and Crake
- Atwood's own website
- Guardian Profile of Margaret Atwood
- Guardian Links for Atwood
- Guardian review of Oryx and Crake
- British
Council on Contemporary Writers
Defintion of Dystopia
Useful Newspapers & Periodicals