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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books
  • First Book:
    December 2004
  • Latest Book:
    February 2013
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Book List in Order: 7 titles



  • Professional biographer Carl Rollyson has pioneered a new kind of biography for children and adults alike. His narrative of Marie Curie's life is rendered in simple, precise prose, but he also includes material addressed to adults-especially to paren...




  • This collection of reviews, selected from Rollyson's New York Sun column, is as much about the romance of biography as it is about the American lives. Certain concerns resonate throughout the book: the American left's failure to reckon with Communist...



  • Documentary Film: Contexts and Criticism is designed to complement Rollyson's Documentary Film: A Primer. The films discussed in this volume include Zelig, the Lumiere brothers documentaries, Nanook of the North, The Man With a Movie Camera, Triumph ...



  • Through diaries, letters, government files, and interviews Carl Rollyson draws a vital and vibrant portrait of the life, the work, and the legend of Lillian Hellman, America's most controversial radical playwright. Rollyson explores the sources and b...



  • Detective & Mystery Novelists is a single-volume reference that contains selected essays from Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition. Every article in this set was carefully selected by our editors to provide the best information availabl...



  • On the fiftieth anniversary of her death, a startling new vision of Plath -- the first to draw from the recently-opened Ted Hughes archive The life and work of Sylvia Plath has taken on the proportions of myth. Educated at Smith, she had an epical...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Carl Rollyson has published 7 books.

Carl Rollyson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, American Isis: The Life and Times of Sylvia Plath, was published in February 2013.

The first book by Carl Rollyson, Marie Curie, was published in December 2004.

No. Carl Rollyson does not write books in series.