Search "Joyce Carol Oates"
|
|
About 873 pages (261,828 words) in 71 products |
|
  
| Name: |
Joyce Carol Oates | | Variant Name: |
Rosamond Smith | | Birth Date: |
June 16, 1938 | | Place of Birth: |
Lockport, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
writer, poet |
summary from source:
 Biography of Joyce Carol Oates
15,724 words, approx. 52 pages
 [This entry was updated by Sarah Catlin Barnhart (University of South Carolina) from the update by Nancy Barendse (Charleston Southern University) in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, pp. 216-241, of the entries by... summary from source:
Biography of Joyce Carol Oates
6,837 words, approx. 23 pages
Joyce Carol Oates was born in the small town of Lockport, New York, on 16 June 1938 and grew up in a rural setting nearby in Erie County. Together with her brother, Frederic, and sister, Lynn Ann, she was raised as a Roman Catholic in a home free from... summary from source:
Biography of Joyce Carol Oates
5,835 words, approx. 20 pages
In 1990 Joyce Carol Oates won both the Elmer Holmes Bobst Lifetime Achievement Award in Fiction and the Rea Award for the Short Story, a twenty-five-thousand-dollar prize that honors living American writers "who have made significant contributions to...
summary from source:
 Joyce Carol Oates Quotes
1,272 words, approx. 4 pages
 Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16 , 1938 ) is an American author and the Roger S. Berlind Professor in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University, where she has taught since 1978. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 On Boxing (1987)...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
 Oates, Joyce Carol
448 words, approx. 2 pages(born June 16, 1938, Lockport, New York, U.S.) American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist noted for her vast literary output in a variety of styles and genres. Particularly effective are her depictions of violence and evil in modern society.... summary from source:
 Oates, Joyce Carol (1938—) Summary
167 words, approx. 1 pagesUndoubtedly one of the most prolific and versatile authors of the twentieth century, Joyce Carol Oates writes short stories, novels, plays, poetry, screenplays, and essays. She also writes psychological thrillers under the pseudonym Rosamond Smith. Her... summary from source:
Oates, Joyce Carol
102 words, approx. 1 pages(born June 16, 1938, Lockport, N.Y., U.S.) U.S. writer. Oates taught at the University of Windsor (1967–78) and Princeton University (from 1978). Beginning with the story collection By the North Gate (1963) and the novel With Shuddering Fall... summary from source:
 Joyce Carol Oates Information
2,238 words, approx. 8 pages
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16 1938) is an American author and the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University, where she has taught since 1978.[1] She serves as associate editor for the...
summary from source:
 Book joyce carol oates.
05/01/2001: 1,009 words, approx. 3 pages She has been a Critical favorite for More than thirty years. But now, 1996's We Were the Mulvaneys Has propelled her to The top of the charts Although JOYCE CAROL OATES ENJOYS THE occasional pay-per-view boxing match, the sixty-two-year-old author doesn't watch... summary from source:
Minnesota Monthly Joyce Carol Oates
09/01/2004: 482 words, approx. 2 pages The acclaimed author of We Were the Mulvaneys kicks off the 2004-05 season of the Talking Volumes book club. Plugged In caught up with Oates before her visit to St. Paul on October 4. She'll be in town to discuss her latest novel, The... summary from source:
 AP News Short stories honored by Updike, others
4/12/2007: 552 words, approx. 2 pagesCynthia Ozick stood before a full house of literary fans, her white hair shining as she assessed an art form that could be likened to an old, but vital patriarch _ rich, historic and, the author feared, increasingly neglected.The short story."In serious mainstream magazines nowadays,... summary from source:
AP News Tech gunman bought ammo clips on eBay
4/21/2007: 613 words, approx. 2 pagesThe Virginia Tech killer went to eBay to buy ammunition clips for one of the types of guns he used in the rampage, a spokesman for the auction site confirmed Saturday.Using the handle Blazers5505, Seung-Hui Cho bought two 10-round magazines for the Walther P22 _...
Literary Criticism
summary from source:
 Critical Essay by Frank R. Cunningham
8,889 words, approx. 30 pages
In the following essay, Cunningham examines the themes of self-enclosure and identity in Oates's first five volumes of short stories.
summary from source:
Critical Essay by Diane Long Hoeveler
8,184 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Hoeveler considers the relationship between “The Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly” and Henry James's “The Turn of the Screw.”
summary from source:
Featured Essays
summary from source:
 Essay Grade: 92%Arnold as the Devil in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
744 words, approx. 3 pages
In "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates, the character of Arnold Friend represents Satan. That's because Arnold takes on the characteristics of Satan, disguising himself as something he is not and that his ultimate goal is to harm Connie.
|
About 873 pages (261,828 words) in 71 products |
|
|
