The 100 Greatest Literary Characters
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-0375-3 (ISBN)
Huckleberry Finn, Anna Karenina, Harry Potter, Hester Prynne…these are just a handful of remarkable characters to be found in literature, but of course, the list of memorable characters is virtually endless! But why ponder which of these creations are the greatest? More than just a topic to debate with friends, the greatest characters from fiction help readers comprehend history, culture, politics, and even their own place in today’s world. Despite our reliance on television, film, and technology, it is literature’s great characters that create and reinforce popular culture, informing us again and again about society and ourselves.
In The 100 Greatest Literary Characters, three scholars of literature identify the most significant figures in fiction published over the last several centuries. From Jay Gatsby to Jean Valjean, the characters profiled here represent a wide array of storytelling, and the authors explore each one's significance at the time they were created as well as their relevance today. Included in this volume are characters from literature produced around the world, such as Aladdin, James Bond, Holden Caulfield, Hercule Poirot, Don Quixote, Lisbeth Salander, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Yuri Zhivago.
Readers of this volume will find their beloved literary figures, learn about forgotten gems, or discover deserving choices pulled from history’s dustbin. Providing insights into how literature shapes and molds culture via these fabricated figures, The 100 Greatest Literary Characters will appeal to literature lovers around the globe.
James Plath is R. Forrest Colwell Chair of English at Illinois Wesleyan University, where he has taught American literature, journalism, and creative writing for the past 27 years. The recipient of his university’s highest teaching award, he is also the author of four books: Conversations with John Updike (University Press of Mississippi, 1994), Remembering Ernest Hemingway (Ketch & Yawl Press, 1999) Historic Photos of Ernest Hemingway (Turner Publishing, 2009), and Critical Insights: Raymond Carver (Salem Press, 2013). Plath has also published on Ann Beattie and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and serves as president of The John Updike Society, which owns and is restoring The John Updike Childhood Home as a literary site and museum. Gail Sinclair is Scholar-in-Residence and Executive Director of The Winter Park Institute at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She is the coauthor of Key West Hemingway: A Reassessment with Kirk Curnutt. Kirk Curnutt is the Chair and Professor of English at Troy University in Troy, Alabama. He is the coauthor of Key West Hemingway: A Reassessment with Gail Sinclair.
Introduction
Captain Ahab
Aladdin
Alex
Alice in Wonderland
Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom
Brett Ashley
George F. Babbitt
Frodo Baggins
Lily Bart
Big Brother
Mary Katherine Blackwood
Molly Bloom
James Bond
Philbert Bono
Emma Bovary
Jean Brodie
Aureliano Buendía
Nathaniel “Natty” Bumppo
Cacciato
Holden Caulfield
Celie
Charlotte
Benjy Compson
Don Vito Corleone
Janie Crawford
Clarissa Dalloway
Mr. Darcy
Pilate Dead
Rebecca de Winter
Dracula
Tess Durbeyfield
Tyler Durden
Katniss Everdeen
Jane Eyre
Atticus Finch
Huckleberry Finn
Henry Fleming
Frankenstein’s Creature
Dorothy Gale
T. S. Garp
Jay Gatsby
Holly Golightly
Miss Havisham
Eugene Henderson
Sherlock Holmes
Humbert Humbert
Invisible Man
Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
Ma Joad
Anna Karenina
Mick Kelly
Kurtz
Josephine “Jo” March
Philip Marlowe
Jane Marple
Oskar Matzerath
Merlin
Meursault
The Misfit
Guy Montag
Dean Moriarty
Offred
Katherine Scarlett O’Hara
Orlando
Papa (The Man)
Peter Pan
Piggy
Billy Pilgrim
Fleur Pillager
Hercule Poirot
Edna Pontellier
Alexander Portnoy
Harry Potter
Hester Prynne
Quasimodo
Don Quixote
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
Ignatius J. Reilly
Reno
Lisbeth Salander
Santiago
Ebenezer Scrooge
Sethe
Tristram Shandy
Shane
Ántonia Shimerda
Long John Silver
Lennie Small
Sonny
Julien Sorel
Willie Stark
Daenerys Targaryen
Tarzan
Oliver Twist
Jean Valjean
Oscar Wao
Carrie White
Winnie-the-Pooh
John Yossarian
Yuri Zhivago
Appendix: Top Ten Character List
Index
About the Authors
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.07.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 185 x 259 mm |
| Gewicht | 776 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-0375-3 / 1538103753 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-0375-3 / 9781538103753 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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