Product Description: Paradox informs the narrative sequence, images, and rhetorical tactics contrived by skilled dramatists and novelists. Their literary languages depict not only a war between rivals but also simultaneous affirmation and negation voiced by a tragic individual...read more

Product Description: Driven by his concern for the tortuous human pursuit of “ideal values,” Joseph Conrad sometimes tells more than he shows. He indulged his talent for philosophical speculation, and critics usually follow that lead. They fix their attention on broad themes (imperialism, nihilism, etc...read more

Product Description: "Many technical studies within classics or comp lit make one feel inferior, lacking in the requisite languages or critical grammar. Moss's work, to the contrary, gives the intelligent reader all that is necessary."--William G. Doty, Auburn UniversityThe Excess of Heroism in Tragic Drama is a critical study of what makes tragedy tragic...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Offers a comprehensive study of the twentieth-century American dramatist and novelist emphasizing his technical resources