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Benjamin Nelson wrote the Preface to Lowrie's 1962 translation of Kierkegaard's Point of View. He noted the dates the book was written and published. Consider the principal dates associated with The Point of View — 1859, the year when the work was first published, and 1848, the year when it was written.
But he asserts this response is controlled by the text. For the "real" reader, he substitutes an implied reader, who is the reader a given literary work requires. Within various polarities created by the text, this "implied" reader makes expectations, meanings, and the unstated details of characters and settings through a "wandering viewpoint".
Ernest James Gaines (January 15, 1933 – November 5, 2019) was an American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works were made into television movies.
A Lesson Before Dying is Ernest J. Gaines' eighth novel, published in 1993 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The novel is based on the true story of Willie Francis , a young Black American man best known for surviving a failed electrocution in the state of Louisiana , in 1946.
The Lesson” is a first-person narrative told by a young, black girl named Sylvia who is growing up in Brooklyn. The story is about a trip initiated by a well-educated woman named Miss Moore who has taken it upon herself to expose the unappreciative children of the neighborhood to the world outside of their oppressed community.
In 2022, A Lesson in Vengeance was listed among 52 books banned by the Alpine School District following the implementation of Utah law H.B. 374, “Sensitive Materials In Schools," [12] 42% of which “feature LBGTQ+ characters and or themes.” [13] [14] Many of the books were removed because they were considered to contain pornographic ...
Lessons is the 17th novel by the author Ian McEwan, [1] published in 2022 by Jonathan Cape. [2] The book is considered by some to be his most autobiographical novel to date with the central character, Roland Baines written as being born in June 1948, the same as McEwan. [3] [4] Another reviewer has described it as a 'boomer parable'. [5]
Passage is a science fiction novel by Connie Willis, published in 2001.The novel won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 2002, [1] was shortlisted for the Nebula Award in 2001, [2] and received nominations for the Hugo, Campbell, and Clarke Awards in 2002.