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| Name: |
Robert Anthony Stone | | Birth Date: |
August 21, 1937 | | Place of Birth: |
Brooklyn, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of Robert Anthony Stone
1,025 words, approx. 3 pages
 Robert Anthony Stone (born 1937) was an American novelist whose preoccupations were politics, the media, and the random, senseless violence and cruelty that pervade contemporary life both in the United States and in parts of the world where United... summary from source:
 Biography of Robert (Anthony) Stone
11,754 words, approx. 39 pages
 The beginning of A. Alvarez's review of Robert Stone's fourth novel, Children of Light (1986), stands as the best concise summary of Stone's achievement that has yet been published: In just four novels in almost twenty years Robert Stone has... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Robert Stone Information
801 words, approx. 3 pages
Robert Stone (born August 21, 1937) is a critically well regarded American novelist, whose work is typically characterized by psychological complexity, political concerns, and dark humor. Stone was born in Brooklyn, New York. Until the age of six he was...
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 The Nation A stone unturned.(Graham Greene)(Robert Stone)
04/14/2003: 3,878 words, approx. 13 pages IN THIS ESSAY Bay of Souls. By Robert Stone. Houghton Mifflin. 249 pp. $25. A Hall of Mirrors. By Robert Stone. Houghton Mifflin. 409 pp. Paper $12. Dog Soldiers. By Robert Stone. Houghton Mifflin. 342 pp. Paper $13. A Flag for... summary from source:
The Independent - London Letter: Stoning of Robert Fisk
12/15/2001: 326 words, approx. 1 pages Sir: The horrific injuries sustained by your reporter Robert Fisk, when beaten and stoned by an angry mob of people whom he was endeavouring to befriend, may help us towards a greater understanding of the sheer nastiness of being subjected to a fusillade of... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Hollywood Babel On!
2/25/2007: 682 words, approx. 2 pagesLittle Miss Sunshine If “the little movie that could … and might”5 takes the prize, it will be due to young Abigail Breslin: “they really ought to give it to the little, or not so little, girl”7 who was “the key in it”7. Many might... summary from source:
Investor's Business Daily Chinese Manufacturer Works To Lower The Price Of Solar Energy
3/8/2007: 939 words, approx. 3 pagesThe recent tremors from the Chinese stock market have shaken down many Chinese companies trading here in the U.S., including the fast-growing group that makes solar power components. One such was Trina Solar, which corrected to the tune of 25%.Yet analysts aren't too worried about...
Literary Criticism
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 Interview by Robert Stone, David Pink, and Chuck Lewis
6,759 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following interview, Stone discusses the creation and characters of Outerbridge Reach, his approach to writing, his moral, political, and artistic concerns, American poetry, the formal education of writers, and the difficulty of the writing life.
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Critical Essay by Robert S. Fredrickson
6,754 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Fredrickson examines Stone's presentation of cynical, disillusioned left-wing sympathizers and amoral leftist revolutionaries in his novels, particularly Dog Soldiers and A Flag for Sunrise.
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Critical Essay by James D. Bloom
6,401 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Bloom discusses Stone's intertextual commentary on the uses and abuses of literary art in Outerbridge Reach, Children of Light, and A Flag for Sunrise. Bloom contends that Stone's fiction, like that of authors Thom Jones, Marilynne Robinson, and Don DeLillo, addresses the problematic legitimacy and interpretation of canonic writings and creative idols when appropriated by artists, critics, and filmmakers as a form of cultural capital.
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