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 Annie Dillard Quotes
733 words, approx. 2 pages
 Annie Dillard (born 30 April 1945) is an American author born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her non-fiction narrative Pilgrim at Tinker Creek in 1975. She has since published ten other books, her most recent, a novel, The... 
 
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Annie Dillard | | Birth Date: |
April 30, 1945 | | Place of Birth: |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | | Nationality: |
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 Biography of Annie Dillard
8,995 words, approx. 30 pages
 Annie Dillard, a contemporary nature writer of major significance, combines the study of nature with readings in theology, philosophy, and the sciences. Dillard writes primarily narrative nonfiction essays, but her literary contributions include a... summary from source:
 Biography of Annie Dillard
5,587 words, approx. 19 pages
Annie Dillard--the eldest of three daughters of Frank and Pam Doak--grew up in a world of country clubs, debutante parties, and private girls' schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father was an executive in the old family firm, American Standard,... summary from source:
Biography of Annie Dillard
4,111 words, approx. 14 pages
Annie Dillard has carved a unique niche for herself in the world of American letters. Over the course of her career, Dillard has written essays, a memoir, poetry, literary criticism, and even a western novel. In whatever genre she works, Dillard...
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 Dillard, Annie (1945—) Summary
939 words, approx. 3 pagesOne of the best-known writers of the twentieth century and winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, Annie Dillard developed a following unique among writers. Her readers embrace her mixture of literary, philosophical, theological, and... summary from source:
 Annie Dillard (1945 – ) American Writer Summary
845 words, approx. 3 pagesOften compared to the American naturalist Henry David Thoreau, Dillard—a novelist, memoir writer, essayist, poet, and author of books about the natural world—is best known for her acute observation of the land, the seasons, the changing... summary from source:
 Annie Dillard Information
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Annie Dillard (born 30 April 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, best known for her narrative nonfiction. She has also published poetry, essays, literary criticism, autobiography, and fiction. She is married to...
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 The Boston Globe Annie Dillard, Then And Now
10/16/1995: 807 words, approx. 3 pages Annie Dillard's "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" may be the most popular nature book of the past quarter-century. First published in 1974, it won a Pulitzer Prize that year. You can still find it in your bookstore in a handsome Harper's Perennial edition. It's... summary from source:
The Boston Globe At Home With Annie Dillard
12/05/2002: 746 words, approx. 3 pages WELLFLEET - Annie Dillard has come home to Wellfleet, but only for a brief spell. Before the incoming tide laps against the seawall off her porch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author will be gone. She has been spending a week writing at another, more remote... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Perfidy in P-Town! Meet Cape Cod Couple
6/5/2007: 530 words, approx. 2 pagesTHE MAYTREESBy Annie Dillard HarperCollins, 224 pages, $24.95 Annie Dillard gets it right twice in her second novel. As well as being the compelling story of a couple who marry just after World War II, The Maytrees is an ode to the unique, open-skied...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by James I. McClintock
6,890 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, McClintock considers Dillard's work in comparison to the genre of American environmental writing, arguing that her work is uniquely Christian in perspective.
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Critical Essay by Susan M. Felch
6,674 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Felch provides an overview of Dillard's writing and investigates how physics has shaped Dillard's cosmology.
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Critical Essay by Elaine Tietjen
5,784 words, approx. 19 pages
In the essay below, Tietjen argues that Dillard focuses too much on individual experience in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and misleads the reader.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 75%Authors John James Audubon and Annie Dillard
617 words, approx. 2 pages
John James Audubon and Annie Dillard both describe the flights of the flocks of birds the see, incorporating their feelings about the experience into their observations. Audubon approaches his flock's peculiarity with a methodical and scientific view and is mostly amazed with the unusualness of the pigeons but Dillard's experience of watching the flock of starlings expresses a spiritual and sensational side of bird watching.
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