The History of American Literature on Film, Thomas Leitch (2019)

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-356
Author(s):  
Sabrina Vellucci
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
American Literature ◽  
History Of

Review of: The History of American Literature on Film, Thomas Leitch (2019) New York and London: Bloomsbury, 448 pp., ISBN 978-1-6289-2373-5, h/bk, £ 120.00

Five Centuries of Spanish Literature: From the Cid Through the Golden Age. An Anthology Selected and Edited for Students of Spanish by Linton Lomas Barrett. New York — Toronto, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962; An Outline History of Spanish American Literature, Third Edition, Englekirk, Leonard, Reid and Crow. New York, Appleton-Century- Crofts, 1965; Lecturas Intermedias: Prosas Y Poesias, Anderson, Davison, Smith. New York, Harper & Row, 1965; Los Duendes Deterministas Y Otors Cuentos, Enrique Anderson Imbert, Edited by John Y. Falconieri. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1965; Hoy Es Fiesta, Antonio Buero Vallejo. Edited by J. E. Lyon, With Vocabulary by K. S. B. Croft. London, George G. Harrap (Toronto, Clarke, Irwin), 1964; Voces Españolas de Hoy, Edited by Duran and Alvarez. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World (Toronto, Longmans Canada), 1965; Selecciones (Textes Espagnols À L’usage Des Canadiens-Français; Spanish Readings for English-Canadian Students), S. Fielden-Briggs. Montreal, Beauchemin, 1965; Cuentos Americanos de Nuestros Dias: Ten Spanish American Short Stories, Edited by Jean Franco. London, Harrap (Toronto, Clarke, Irwin), 1965; La España Moderna Vista Y Sentida Por Los Españoles, Edited by Thomas R. Hart and Oarlos Rojas. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1966; Don Brazazo de La Carretera: An Elementary Spanish Reader, Richard Musman. London, G. Bell and Sons (Toronto, Clarke, Irwin), 1964; Ortega Y Gasset: Sus Mejores Paginas, Edited by Manuel Durán. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1966; de Cela a Castillo-Navarro: Veinte Años de Prosa Española Contemporanea, Edited by Carlos Rojas. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1965; Palabras Modernas, J. R. Jump. London, George G. Harrap (Toronto, Clarke, Irwin), 1965;Five Centuries of Spanish Literature : From the Cid Through the Golden Age. An Anthology Selected and Edited for Students of Spanish by Linton Lomas Barrett. New York — Toronto, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962. Pp. x, 352.An Outline History of Spanish American Literature, Third Edition, Englekirk, Leonard, Reid and Crow. New York, Appleton-Century- Crofts, 1965. Pp. xiii, 252. $2.95.Lecturas Intermedias: Prosas y Poesias, Anderson, Davison, Smith. New York, Harper & Row, 1965. Pp. x, 333. (Plus Instructor’s Manual, 75 pages.)Los Duendes Deterministas y Otors Cuentos, Enrique Anderson Imbert, Edited by John Y. Falconieri. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1965, Pp. ix, 192. $3.75.Hoy Es Fiesta, Antonio Buero Vallejo. Edited by J. E. Lyon, with vocabulary by K. S. B. Croft. London, George G. Harrap (Toronto, Clarke, Irwin), 1964, Pp. 192. $2.25.Voces Españolas de Hoy, edited by Duran and Alvarez. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World (Toronto, Longmans Canada), 1965. Pp. vili, 216. $3.25.Selecciones (textes espagnols à l’usage des canadiens-français; Spanish readings for English-Canadian Students), S. Fielden-Briggs. Montreal, Beauchemin, 1965. Pp. 149.Cuentos Americanos de Nuestros Dias: Ten Spanish American Short Stories, edited by Jean Franco. London, Harrap (Toronto, Clarke, Irwin), 1965. Pp. 179. $2.55.La España Moderna Vista y Sentida por Los Españoles, edited by Thomas R. Hart and Oarlos Rojas. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1966. Pp. xiii, 341. $5.95.Don Brazazo de la Carretera: An Elementary Spanish Reader, Richard Musman. London, G. Bell and Sons (Toronto, Clarke, Irwin), 1964. Pp. 96. $0.95.Ortega y Gasset: SUS Mejores Paginas, edited by Manuel Durán. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1966. Pp. vi, 250. $3.95.De Cela a Castillo-Navarro: Veinte Años de Prosa Española Contemporanea, edited by Carlos Rojas. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1965. Pp. ix, 213. $2.95.Palabras Modernas, J. R. Jump. London, George G. Harrap (Toronto, Clarke, Irwin), 1965. Pp. 85. $1.10.

1966 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
J. H. P.
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
American Literature ◽  
Spanish Literature ◽  
Spanish American ◽  
Antonio Buero Vallejo ◽  
History Of ◽  
Carlos Rojas ◽  
English Canadian

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Sykes
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
American Literature ◽  
York City ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
American Fiction ◽  
American Novel ◽  
Contemporary American Fiction ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
The Mind

This book has argued that ‘quiet’ is a literary aesthetic, used frequently in contemporary American fiction to privilege reflection and contemplation as a way of engaging with the present. Tracing a long history of quiet in Anglo-American literature and focusing more specifically on American works published since 2000, I have argued that the contemporary American novel is quiet when its narrative is focalised through the mind of a quiet character and set in a quiet location where the protagonist has the time and space to reflect on their present moment. In many ways, New York City is a fitting location in which to end this study. In ...

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