Michael Leddy
Biographic Data
| ID | 391805 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Leddy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Leddy |
| SIGNATURE | LEDDY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Just Saying
At bedtime he had helped them pray, “I lay me down to sleep at the sinking of the sun . . . please forgive me all the wrong I’ve done.” When shortly thereafter a heart attack strikes him, his last thought is, “I lay me down to sleep . . .” This is clearly a theme-driven novel whose incidents and actions and dialogue sometimes seem like constructions to carry the primary motif of a search. It may not be unfair to think that the author closely iden…
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace (review)
yetcunning, shelistskeyfigures in order toinfluence political powerto herfavor. A young, biracial woman atthecenter of"Shaky attheKnees" wrestles tofind inner strength after growing up in an unstable householdwhereherwhitemother and blackfather constantly flung racial insultsat each other.In "Graduations ," animmigrant mother andher stern employer constantly fight with theimmigrant's adolescent son;but whenhe finally receives hisgraduationcertifi…
Love Is Like Park Avenue by Alvin Levin, James Reidel, John Ashbery
uu t? t? < t? t? O But the core thematic concern of the novel remains its explora tion of theprickly relationship that sometimes arises between the so called old and new African "dias poras" in America. The main char acter's open-minded relationship with Africans and African Ameri cans alike proves thatgood, viable relationships between Africans and their brothers and sisters of the Diaspora inAmerica are not only possible but a major imperative.…
All Day Permanent Red
William Burroughs
Limits of Allusion
Journal Article LIMITS OF ALLUSION Get access Michael Leddy Michael Leddy Department of English, Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois 61920–3099, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 32, Issue 2, April 1992, Pages 110–122, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/32.2.110 Published: 01 April 1992
Validity' and Reinterpretation
William Burroughs
Limits of Allusion
Journal Article LIMITS OF ALLUSION Get access Michael Leddy Michael Leddy Department of English, Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois 61920–3099, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 32, Issue 2, April 1992, Pages 110–122, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/32.2.110 Published: 01 April 1992
Validity' and Reinterpretation
Limits of Allusion
Journal Article LIMITS OF ALLUSION Get access Michael Leddy Michael Leddy Department of English, Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois 61920–3099, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, Volume 32, Issue 2, April 1992, Pages 110–122, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaesthetics/32.2.110 Published: 01 April 1992
William Burroughs
All Day Permanent Red
Love Is Like Park Avenue by Alvin Levin, James Reidel, John Ashbery
uu t? t? < t? t? O But the core thematic concern of the novel remains its explora tion of theprickly relationship that sometimes arises between the so called old and new African "dias poras" in America. The main char acter's open-minded relationship with Africans and African Ameri cans alike proves thatgood, viable relationships between Africans and their brothers and sisters of the Diaspora inAmerica are not only possible but a major imperative.…
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace (review)
yetcunning, shelistskeyfigures in order toinfluence political powerto herfavor. A young, biracial woman atthecenter of"Shaky attheKnees" wrestles tofind inner strength after growing up in an unstable householdwhereherwhitemother and blackfather constantly flung racial insultsat each other.In "Graduations ," animmigrant mother andher stern employer constantly fight with theimmigrant's adolescent son;but whenhe finally receives hisgraduationcertifi…
Just Saying
At bedtime he had helped them pray, “I lay me down to sleep at the sinking of the sun . . . please forgive me all the wrong I’ve done.” When shortly thereafter a heart attack strikes him, his last thought is, “I lay me down to sleep . . .” This is clearly a theme-driven novel whose incidents and actions and dialogue sometimes seem like constructions to carry the primary motif of a search. It may not be unfair to think that the author closely iden…
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