McConkey, James

The novels of E.M. Forster by James McConkey( Book )

34 editions published between 1952 and 1971 in English and held by 1,132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The anatomy of memory : an anthology by James McConkey( Book )

10 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 575 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In The Anatomy of Memory James McConkey has assembled a rich selection of writings that illuminate the nature of memory and the varied roles it plays in our lives. Ranging from the scientific to the humanistic - from "hardwiring" and the complex functions of the brain, to the value of memory in human lifeThe Anatomy of Memory brings us insights from some of the most revered writers and thinkers of the past and present. We read of St. Augustine's struggle in Confessions to comprehend his memory; of Jung's theory of the collective unconscious; of Lewis Thomas's understanding in The Lives of the Cell, of memory at its most basic level, that of the cell. McConkey includes the poetry of Marianne Moore and William Butler Yeats; and excerpts from works as diverse as James Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son, Vladimir Nabokov's Speak, Memory, and Annie Dillard's Teaching a Stone to Talk. Indeed, each of these writers has turned to memory to make sense of his or her own life, to understand the phenomenal world, and to discover the balance only memory can provide. Not least important are McConkey's own extensive introductions to every piece in the book - gems of insight formed by a lifetime of reflection on writers such as Anton Chekhov, E. B. White, Marcel Proust, E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, Sigmund Freud, Maya Angelou, William James, Norman Maclean, Eudora Welty, and many others

The tree house confessions by James McConkey( Book )

8 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In a novel loosely based on St. Augustine's Confessions, Peter Warden retreats to his dead son's treehouse to contemplate his life and relationships

Night stand, a book of stories by James McConkey( Book )

5 editions published in 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 256 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A journey to Sahalin by James McConkey( Book )

6 editions published between 1971 and 1985 in English and held by 222 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kayo : the authentic and annotated autobiographical novel from outer space by James McConkey( Book )

2 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 163 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chekhov and our age : responses to Chekhov by American writers and scholars( Book )

6 editions published between 1981 and 1984 in English and held by 152 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The structure of prose; an introduction to writing by James McConkey( Book )

2 editions published in 1963 in English and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kentucky writing; a collection of new writing( )

in English and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kentucky writing : a collection of new writing( Book )

in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide