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100 1 $aTrembley, Elizabeth A.$q(Elizabeth Ann),$d1963-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95033072
245 10 $aMichael Crichton :$ba critical companion /$cElizabeth A. Trembley.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bGreenwood Press,$c1996.
300 $axi, 192 pages ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCritical companions to popular contemporary writers,$x1082-4979
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-186) and index.
505 00 $tSeries Foreword /$rKathleen Gregory Klein --$g1.$tThe Life of Michael Crichton --$g2.$tMichael Crichton's Literary Heritage --$g3.$tThe Andromeda Strain (1969) --$g4.$tThe Terminal Man (1972) --$g5.$tThe Great Train Robbery (1975) --$g6.$tEaters of the Dead (1976) --$g7.$tSphere (1987) --$g8.$tCongo (1980) --$g9.$tJurassic Park (1990) --$g10.$tRising Sun (1992) --$g11.$tDisclosure (1994) --$g12.$tThe Lost World --$g13.$tBibliography.
520 $aUntil now, Michael Crichton's many readers have had nowhere to turn for more information on one of America's most popular novelists. This companion features clear analyses of Crichton's life and literary influences, as well as chapter on each of his 10 major novels to date.
520 8 $aIt will help Chrichton's readers learn more about how significant events in his life affected the development of his fiction and literary style and how the heritage of popular fiction, including mystery, gothic, adventure, and science fiction, influenced his writing. This study provides close textual analysis of each novel, by focusing on plot, character development, theme, and critical interpretation.
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aThis study analyzes Crichton's novels from the Andromeda Strain (1969) to The Lost World (1995). It features a clear, user-friendly organization, with two general chapters on Crichton's life and literary heritage, and one chapter on each of his novels. For ease of use by the reader, each chapter is subdivided into section on general critical analysis, plot, theme, character development, and alternative perspectives on the novel that offer additional insight.
520 8 $aThe author shows how each of Crichton's novels incorporates a theme or debate from current culture and how his visions of genetically engineered dinosaurs, killer viruses from outer space, and deadly relations in international business have become part of American culture. This study will help the reader to understand the important issues raised by Crichton's fiction and to apply critical insight to an examination of those issues.
520 8 $aNo secondary school, public library, or college library should be without this first serious examination of the works of Michael Crichton.
600 10 $aCrichton, Michael,$d1942-2008$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aLiterature and technology$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aDetective and mystery stories, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102216
650 0 $aMedicine in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083194
830 0 $aCritical companions to popular contemporary writers.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95044807
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