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John D. Blades

Born: 1936 in Springfield, Illinois
Pen Name: John Blades

Connection to Illinois: John was born in Springfield and currently resides in Evanston.

Biography: John Blades has been a reporter, an editor and book critic of the ''Chicago Tribune''. His fiction has been published in ''TriQuarterly'', ''The Quarterly'' and ''Chicago Magazine''. He has also written for the ''Washington Post'', ''Publishers Weekly'', ''The Morning News'', and numerous other publications. Blades now works as a freelance artist.


Awards:
  • -- James Friend Memorial Award for Critism, 1989
  • -- Chicago Tribune Writing Award, 1990

Primary Literary Genre(s): Creative Non-Fiction; Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

John D. Blades on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=john+d.+blades


Selected Titles

How to study James Joyce /
ISBN: 0333592050 OCLC: 38067869

Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : 1996.

"James Joyce is one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, with most of his works acclaimed as masterpieces. Yet many readers find his writing an enigma and consider his texts a formidable challenge. How to Study James Joyce sets out to show you how to get to grips with Joyce's work and how to analyse his novels in depth." "Through a series of clear and coherent chapters, John Blades offers fresh interpretations of Joyce's work, encompassing the importance of language and symbolism, and suggesting a step-by-step method by which you can increase your enjoyment and understanding of the texts." "An introductory chapter reflects on the biographical and cultural background to Joyce's writing before each of the major texts is examined in detail, beginning with Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and progressing to the more demanding novels, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, showing you how to come to terms with their experimental features and develop an appreciation of their rich and fascinating worlds."--BOOK JACKET.

John Keats :
ISBN: 0333948947 OCLC: 49403627

Palgrave, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; 2002.

"John Blades's in-depth study assesses the whole span of Keats's short career, from the early lyrical experiments, through the great epics, to the brilliant odes of 1819, and the haunting medieval narratives. Drawing on the comments of Keats's associates, Blades puts forward some challenging insights into the poet's methods and theory of poetry. The author goes on to examine the context of the verse through a clearly documented survey of Keats's letters - which highlight the trials and obstacles he faced, the attitude to the turmoil of his period, and above all his great passion for life - and an exploration of the key features of nineteenth-century Romanticism. Concluding with a discussion of the work of four literary critics and their influential responses to Keats's work, this lively and sensitive guide is essential reading for anyone with an interest in a young poet who was very much in accord with the revolutionary currents of his time."--Jacket.

Small game /
ISBN: 0805017895 OCLC: 25551542

H. Holt and Co., New York : 1992.

Strange things happen to Scott and Kathy Ryan when they move into a run-down house that used to be the neighborhood spook house.

 

 

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