James Dickey

Marc Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 159-162.; A collection of nine critical essays on the work of James Dickey, arranged in chronological order of original publication. Review Citations: Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1993 pg. 598 (EAN 9781555462727, Paperback) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1992 pg. 366 (EAN 9781555462727, Paperback) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1997 pg. 349 (EAN 9781555462727, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Golding, William Born in Cornwall, England, William Golding started writing at the age of seven. Though he studied natural sciences at Oxford to please his parents, he also studied English and published his first book, a collection of poems, before finishing college. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, participating in the Normandy invasion. Golding's other novels include Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, The Spire, Rites of Passage (Booker Prize), and The Double Tongue. Contributor Bio:  Bloom, Harold, Ed Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than thirty books include The Best Poems of the English Language, The Art of Reading Poetry, and The Book of J. He is a MacArthur Prize Fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, including the Academy's Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism, the International Prize of Catalonia, and the Alfonso Reyes Prize of Mexico.