Literature and Its Writers: A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

Charters, Ann; Charters, Samuel

ISBN 10: 0312405111 / ISBN 13: 9780312405113

Published by Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003

About this Item

Fast Free Shipping â Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

Seller Inventory # GWV.0312405111.G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Literature and Its Writers: A Compact Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312405111
• ISBN 13: 9780312405113
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

VERY GOOD CONDITION. 2004 3rd Ed. TEXT is clean and without marks or highlighting BINDING is tight and square COVER has almost no edge wear and about 1/2 ' wide small corner curls on front, on about the first 120 pgs (of 1721 pgs). prompt shipping, good service, careful packing. free Delivery Confirmation.

About the Author

Ann Charters (Ph.D., Columbia University) is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut and has taught courses in the short story for over 30 years. A preeminent authority on the Beat writers, Charters has written a critically acclaimed biography of Jack Kerouac; compiled Beats & Company, a collection of her own photographs of Beat writers; and edited the best-selling Portable Beat Reader. Her most recent books are The Kerouac Reader; Selected Letters of Jack Kerouac, 1957-1969; Beat Down to Your Soul; and The Story and Its Writer, Seventh Edition, available in full and compact versions.

Samuel Charters has taught creative writing and published widely in a variety of genres, including 11 books of poetry, 4 novels, a book of criticism on contemporary American poetry, a biography (coauthored with Ann Charters) of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, and translations of the poetry of Tomas Transtromer and Edith Sodergran. An ethnomusicologist, he produces blues and jazz recordings and has published many books about music, among them a history of New Orleans jazz and a study of bluesman Robert Johnson.