Linda Welshimer Wagner

Born: 08/18/1936   St. Marys
Parents: Sam and Esther Welshimer
Children: Douglas, Thomas, and Andrea
Address(es):
Permanent :
117 Wild Iris Lane
Chapel Hill, , NC 27514
Contact Information:
Website : http://englishcomplit.unc.edu/people/wagner-martinl
Email : [email protected]

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Maya Angelou : adventurous spirit Non Fiction , Biography Adult New York : Bloomsbury Academic 2015
Toni Morrison and the Maternal : from the Bluest Eye to Home
- Criticism and interpretation
Non Fiction Adult New York : Peter Lang 2014
A history of American literature : 1950 to the present Non Fiction Adult Chichester, West Sussex : Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons 2013
Emily Dickinson : a literary life Biography Adult Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan 2013
Hemingway : eight decades of criticism
- Fourth collection of essays in a series providing contemporary criticism of the work and life of Ernest Hemingway.
Non Fiction Adult East Lansing : Michigan State University Press 2009
Ernest Hemingway : a literary life Biography Adult Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan 2007 -2010
Babara Kingsolver Biography Adult Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers 2004
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald : An American Woman's Life Non Fiction , Biography Adult New York : Palgrave Macmillan 2004
Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms : A Reference Guide Non Fiction Adult Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press 2003
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible : A Readers Guide Non Fiction Adult New York : Continuum 2001
Sylvia Plath : A Literary Life Non Fiction , Biography Adult New York : St. Martin's Press 1999
The Age of Innocence : A Novel of Ironic Nostalgia Non Fiction Adult New York : Twayne Publishers 1996
Favored Strangers : Gertrude Stein and Her Family Non Fiction , Biography Adult New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press 1995
Telling Women's Lives : The New Biography Non Fiction Adult New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press 1994
Plath's The Bell Jar : A Novel of the Fifties
- Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 98
Non Fiction Adult New York : Twayne Publishers 1992
The Modern American Novel, 1914-1945 : A Critical history Non Fiction Adult Boston : Twayne Publishers 1990
Wharton's The House of Mirth : A Novel of Admonition
- Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 52
Non Fiction Adult Boston : Twayne Publishers 1990
Sylvia Plath : A Biography Biography Adult New York : Simon and Schuster 1987
Ellen Glasgow : Beyond Convention
- Criticism and interpretation.
Non Fiction Adult Austin : University of Texas 1982
Songs for Isadora
- Long sequence of poems
Poetry 1981
American Modern : Essays in Fiction and Poetry Non Fiction Adult Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press 1980
Dos Passos : Artist As American Non Fiction Adult Austin : University of Texas Press 1979
William Carlos Williams : a reference guide Non Fiction Adult Boston : G. K. Hall 1977
Ernest Hemingway: a reference guide Non Fiction Adult Boston: G. K. Hall 1977
Robert Frost : The Critical Reception
- edited with an introd. by Linda W. Wagner.
Non Fiction Adult New York : Burt Franklin 1977
Interviews with William Carlos Williams : "speaking straight head"
- Editor
Non Fiction Adult New York : New Directions Press 1976
Introducing Poems
- Editor with David Mead
Poetry Adult New York : Harper & Row 1976
Hemingway and Faulkner : Inventors/Masters Non Fiction Adult East Lansing] Michigan State University Press 1975
Ernest Hemingway : Five Decades of Criticism
- Editor
Non Fiction Adult East Lansing] Michigan State University Press 1974
William Faulkner : Four Decades of Criticism
- Editor
Non Fiction Adult East Lansing] Michigan State University Press 1973
Phyllis McGinley
- Criticism. Twayne's United States authors series
Non Fiction Adult New York : Twayne Publishers 1971
The Prose of William Carlos Williams Non Fiction Adult Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press 1970
Intaglios : Poems Poetry Adult Fort Smith, Ark. : South and West 1967
Denise Levertov
- Criticism. Twayne's United States author series,
Non Fiction Adult New York : Twayne Publishers 1967
Poems of William Carlos Williams
- Criticism
Non Fiction Adult Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press 1964
Other writings:
- Editor and contributor to many other criticism books
Non Fiction
What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed, says, "I teach writing, criticism, and literature classes at Michigan State, believeing that all three are interrelated--must be inter-related--and the same conviction shows in my own writing."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet
Other - Educator

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1922

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Hanes Professor of English and Comparative Literature
- Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill , NC 1988
Profesor of English and Associate Chairperson of English Department Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1968 -1988
Teacher of English Wayne State University 1964 -1968
Teacher of English Bowling Green State University 1960 -1964

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