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English Language and Literature

1990

Book review

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Simon Bolivar, Reborn Through Garcia Marquez (Book Review), Linda Niemann Sep 1990

Simon Bolivar, Reborn Through Garcia Marquez (Book Review), Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Review of the book "The General in His Labyrinth," by Gabriel García Márquez. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.


Of Moose And Men (Book Review), Linda Niemann Jul 1990

Of Moose And Men (Book Review), Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Review of the book "Wildlife," by Richard Ford. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990.


The Man Who Puts Out The World's Oil-Well Fires (Book Review), Linda Niemann May 1990

The Man Who Puts Out The World's Oil-Well Fires (Book Review), Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Review of the book "An American Hero: The Red Adair Story," by Philip Singerman. New York: Little Brown & Co., 1990.


Metaphoric Worlds: Conceptions Of A Romantic Nature [Review], Michael Fischer Apr 1990

Metaphoric Worlds: Conceptions Of A Romantic Nature [Review], Michael Fischer

English Faculty Research

Samuel R. Levin's Metaphoric Worlds is an ambitious book. The author proposes a controversial theory of metaphor motivated by a bold reading of Wordsworth's poetry but his theory sometimes falls short of the poetry it is designed to explicate. His respect for Wordsworth, however, redeems these occasional lapses.