The Rock Music Imagination explores creativity in rock music.
Robert McParland's new book is The People We Meet in Stories. It is now available. October 2020.
Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books in Libraries
December 15, 2018
Public libraries (Denver, Seattle, Dallas, Fairfax, Rochester, Onondaga) and university libraries have begun to acquire the first library copies of Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books, which was published on December 15.
Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books Published December 2018
December 15, 2018
Bestseller: A Century of America's Favorite Books is a cultural study of America and American popular culture seen through the bestselling fiction and non-fiction titles from 1900 to 2018. This book is a reference volume that investigates the responses of readers, lists all top bestselling books, discusses publication trends, and provides biographical sketches of bestselling authors.
Citizen Steinbeck Lecture
October 4, 2016
Robert McParland addressed an audience in northern New Jersey on October 31 on Citizen Steinbeck, concerning the life and works of John Steinbeck and the current presidential election. Citizen Steinbeck was published in October 2016 by Rowman and Littlefield.
Beyond Gatsby Now in More Than 800 Libraries
December 11, 2015
Beyond Gatsby is now in more than 800 libraries.
Beyond Gatsby
May 1, 2015
Beyond Gatsby has been published (April 2015). It will be featured in the book display at the American Literature Association Conference in Boston later this month. The book is about American culture and writers of the 1920s.
Mark Twain's Audience Reading and Signing
December 1, 2014
Robert McParland spoke about his book Mark Twain's Audience at a reception at Felician College in Lodi, New Jersey on Thursday, November 20, 4:00-6:00 P.M..
Mark Twain's Audience
July 11, 2014
"Mark Twain's Audience" has been published.
"This is more than a study of literary influence. Robert McParland has driven a core sample deep into the history of American culture, revealing the responses that Mark Twain evoked in readers of all social and ethnic backgrounds." - Jonathan Rose, Author of The Literary Churchill.
"This is more than a study of literary influence. Robert McParland has driven a core sample deep into the history of American culture, revealing the responses that Mark Twain evoked in readers of all social and ethnic backgrounds." - Jonathan Rose, Author of The Literary Churchill.
Short Story "My True Love Sent to Me" in Pomona Valley Review May 2014 Issue
May 10, 2014
It's Christmas in May as the short story "My True Love Sent to Me" appears this month in the Pomona Valley Review.
"Dickens and Opera" Appears in "The Human"
August 10, 2013
"The Human" has published "Dickens and Opera" on sound in Dickens's writing, his visit to Italy, and his interest in Itaian opera.