Robert E Knoll
Biographic Data
| ID | 316882 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert E Knoll |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert E |
| FAMILY NAME | Knoll |
| SIGNATURE | KNOLL R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1952 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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Marlowe, Tamburlaine, and Magic
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Conversations with Wright Morris
This book is an attempt to approach the work of a leading American novelist from both sides of the looking-glass--from the opposite, but not necessarily opposing, points of view of the writer/creator and the reader/critic. In 1975, while the author was visiting professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, several scholar-critics (among them John W. Aldridge, Wayne C. Booth, and David Madden) were invited to speak about his craft an…
Social Action and Legal Change
A Celebration of Ben Jonson
This handsome little volume is a gathering of six papers presented at the 1972 Toronto conference marking the 400th anniversary of Jonson's birth.The names of the authors guarantee their professional excellence.In addition to the six printed here, the conference heard a number of other papers which we can find in various journals.Introduced by Professor William Blissett, who had the chief responsibility for this book, the volume concludes with a …
Ben Jonson's Plays
Robert McAlmon
A year or so ago in connection with an anthology I was editing, I had occasion to read through many volumes of short stories.As is my habit, I discovered the obvious: the number of writers of the first rank is so severely limited that editors are forced by necessity to turn to
The Meanings and Suggested Etymologies of 'Dude
E VEN recent dictionaries have been unable to give the origin of dude; and for that matter the definitions of the word in the new American College Dictionary (1948) and in other late dictionaries are not entirely satisfactory. The first definition in the ACD suggests that a dude is an 'affected or fastidious man' and, in the West, 'a person who vacations on a ranch.' These definitions do not seem to me to get at the root meaning of the word. My s…
The Meanings and Suggested Etymologies of 'Dude
E VEN recent dictionaries have been unable to give the origin of dude; and for that matter the definitions of the word in the new American College Dictionary (1948) and in other late dictionaries are not entirely satisfactory. The first definition in the ACD suggests that a dude is an 'affected or fastidious man' and, in the West, 'a person who vacations on a ranch.' These definitions do not seem to me to get at the root meaning of the word. My s…
Robert McAlmon
A year or so ago in connection with an anthology I was editing, I had occasion to read through many volumes of short stories.As is my habit, I discovered the obvious: the number of writers of the first rank is so severely limited that editors are forced by necessity to turn to
Ben Jonson's Plays
A Celebration of Ben Jonson
This handsome little volume is a gathering of six papers presented at the 1972 Toronto conference marking the 400th anniversary of Jonson's birth.The names of the authors guarantee their professional excellence.In addition to the six printed here, the conference heard a number of other papers which we can find in various journals.Introduced by Professor William Blissett, who had the chief responsibility for this book, the volume concludes with a …
Social Action and Legal Change
Marlowe, Tamburlaine, and Magic
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Conversations with Wright Morris
This book is an attempt to approach the work of a leading American novelist from both sides of the looking-glass--from the opposite, but not necessarily opposing, points of view of the writer/creator and the reader/critic. In 1975, while the author was visiting professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, several scholar-critics (among them John W. Aldridge, Wayne C. Booth, and David Madden) were invited to speak about his craft an…
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