Webb, Charles Henry
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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1995
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Webb, Charles Henry (1834–1905), New York‐born humorist, after writing for
Harper's Weekly and
The New York Times went to California (1863–66), where he founded
The Californian, a journal to which his friends Harte and Twain contributed. His works include
Liffith Lank (1866) and
St. Twel'mo (1866), respectively parodies of Reade's
Griffith Gaunt and of Augusta Jane Evans's
St. Elmo; John Paul's Book (1874), humorous sketches; and
Parodies: Prose and Verse (1876).
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Celebrating Elizabeth Jolley.(In memoriam)
Magazine article from: Australian Literary Studies; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words
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Doing Life: A Biography of Elizabeth Jolley.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Australian Academic & Research Libraries; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
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Fed: Author Elizabeth Jolley dies in Perth aged 83
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Elizabeth Jolley: The Exile Within
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/15/1988; ; 700+ words
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Elizabeth Jolley's late work.(Critical essay)
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Helplessly Tangled in Female Arms and Legs: Elizabeth Jolley's Fictions.
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 3/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...writers--David Ireland and Elizabeth Jolley--are among the recent offerings...this strategy in his approach to Jolley, attacking the assumption that any "true" or "real" Elizabeth Jolley might be located prior to or apart...
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Doing life; a biography of Elizabeth Jolley.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2009; 435 words
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Bio-Fictions: Brian Matthews, Drusilla Modjeska and Elizabeth Jolley.
Magazine article from: Australian Literary Studies; 5/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; The Colin Roderick Lectures: 1993, by Helen Thomson. Townsville, Qld: Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, 1994. Paper, $10.50 posted. For Australian literary criticism it is the best of times. It is also the worst of times. On the one
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Jolley's women.
Magazine article from: Australian Literary Studies; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words
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Jolley new business a real catch
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 3/7/2002; ; 700+ words
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Elizabeth Jolley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Jolley, Elizabeth
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Jolley, (Monica) Elizabeth
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
JOLLEY, (Monica) Elizabeth Nationality: Australian. Born: Monica Elizabeth Knight in Birmingham, England...training), 1940-43; Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham...Family: Married Leonard Jolley; two daughters and one...
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