Robert McParland

Biography

Robert McParland writes historical fiction, mystery, and literary criticism. He is also a musician and a lyricist/composer member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. His books include Charles Dickens’s American Audience, Writing About Joseph Conrad, Music and Literary Modernism, and the short story collection In the Nick of Time. He also often writes on popular music. Charles Dickens's American Audience has recently received the Kornitzer Book Award (2011).

Selected Works

Non-Fiction

Charles Dickens’s American Audience

This is the first study of Dickens’s American readers and audience for his American readings.Bela Kornitzer Award Winner.

Music and Literary Modernism

Explores the connections between music and literature.

Bloom's How to Write About Joseph Conrad

This study of Conrad’s themes, style, and techniques is for those writing on his works.

Fiction

In the Nick of Time

A collection of short stories.

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