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The questions that matter most : reading, writing, and the exercise of freedom /

Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor Laxness and...

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Main Author: Smiley, Jane (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2023].
Subjects:
Smiley, Jane.
Smiley, Jane > Books and reading.
Novelists, American > 20th century > Biography.
Novelists, American > 21st century > Biography.
Authorship.
Fiction > History and criticism.
Fiction > Authorship.
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Summary:Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor Laxness and Jessica Mitford.
Physical Description:243 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:9781597146050
1597146056