Authors and Illustrators Database

Linda Wagner-Martin

Born: 08/18/1936  St. Marys, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
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

Awards:

Name Date
Awards - see Curriculum Vitae link on website

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed. 1980
Contemporary Authors

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 1963
Master of Arts (M.A.) Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 1959
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.); Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Education
- Honors in English, magna cum laude, 1957
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 1954-1957

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, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1988
Profesor of English and Associate Chairperson of English Department Michigan State University East Lansing 1968-1988
Teacher of English Wayne State University 1964-1968
Teacher of English Bowling Green State University 1960-1964

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