The Resource Biographies of books : the compositional histories of notable American writings, ed. by James Barbour and Tom Quirk
Biographies of books : the compositional histories of notable American writings, ed. by James Barbour and Tom Quirk
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- Summary
- The story behind the composition and publication of a literary work is often almost as interesting as the work itself. The essays gathered here under the skillful editorship of James Barbour and Tom Quirk present the fascinating "biographies" of ten well-known works by some of the most inventive and important authors in American literature. From Mark Twain to Ken Kesey, Edith Wharton to Eudora Welty, these writers helped shape the American literary imagination. The workings of their individual imaginations as affected by time and circumstance are the subject of this volume. These critical investigations by distinguished contributors touch upon the authors' lives and loves, their unique methods of writing, and their ambivalent, sometimes stormy, relationships with agents, publishers, and artistic forebears. Unlike critical approaches that treat literary works as linguistic artifacts, these essays seek to recreate a sense of literature as a unique product of the human imagination
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 334 pages
- Contents
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- "There was something mystic about it" : the composition of Sister Carrie by Dreiser et al
- Richard W. Dowell
- Building The House of Mirth
- Candance Waid
- "A truly American book" : pressing The Grapes of Wrath
- Robert DeMott
- Making of Delta Wedding, or doing "something Diarmuid thought I could do"
- Albert J. Devlin
- Early composition history of Catch-22
- James Nagel
- Composition of Nature : writing and the self in the launching of a career
- Western American context of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Stephen L. Tanner
- Albert Von Frank
- "Well my book is written--let it go. . ." : the making of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Howard G. Baetzhold
- Unsmiling aspects of life : A Hazard of New Fortunes
- John W. Crowley
- "Quite the best, "All Round", of all my productions" : the multiple versions of the Jamesian Germ for The Ambassadors
- Richard A. Hocks
- Isbn
- 9780826210449
- Label
- Biographies of books : the compositional histories of notable American writings
- Title
- Biographies of books
- Title remainder
- the compositional histories of notable American writings
- Statement of responsibility
- ed. by James Barbour and Tom Quirk
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The story behind the composition and publication of a literary work is often almost as interesting as the work itself. The essays gathered here under the skillful editorship of James Barbour and Tom Quirk present the fascinating "biographies" of ten well-known works by some of the most inventive and important authors in American literature. From Mark Twain to Ken Kesey, Edith Wharton to Eudora Welty, these writers helped shape the American literary imagination. The workings of their individual imaginations as affected by time and circumstance are the subject of this volume. These critical investigations by distinguished contributors touch upon the authors' lives and loves, their unique methods of writing, and their ambivalent, sometimes stormy, relationships with agents, publishers, and artistic forebears. Unlike critical approaches that treat literary works as linguistic artifacts, these essays seek to recreate a sense of literature as a unique product of the human imagination
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 810.9
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS25
- LC item number
- .B58 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- 1933-
- 1946-
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- Barbour, James
- Quirk, Tom
- University of Missouri Press
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- American literature
- Literary form
- Label
- Biographies of books : the compositional histories of notable American writings, ed. by James Barbour and Tom Quirk
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- "There was something mystic about it" : the composition of Sister Carrie by Dreiser et al
- Richard W. Dowell
- Building The House of Mirth
- Candance Waid
- "A truly American book" : pressing The Grapes of Wrath
- Robert DeMott
- Making of Delta Wedding, or doing "something Diarmuid thought I could do"
- Albert J. Devlin
- Early composition history of Catch-22
- James Nagel
- Composition of Nature : writing and the self in the launching of a career
- Western American context of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Stephen L. Tanner
- Albert Von Frank
- "Well my book is written--let it go. . ." : the making of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Howard G. Baetzhold
- Unsmiling aspects of life : A Hazard of New Fortunes
- John W. Crowley
- "Quite the best, "All Round", of all my productions" : the multiple versions of the Jamesian Germ for The Ambassadors
- Richard A. Hocks
- Control code
- 33161530
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 334 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826210449
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 95040987
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1711169
- Label
- Biographies of books : the compositional histories of notable American writings, ed. by James Barbour and Tom Quirk
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- "There was something mystic about it" : the composition of Sister Carrie by Dreiser et al
- Richard W. Dowell
- Building The House of Mirth
- Candance Waid
- "A truly American book" : pressing The Grapes of Wrath
- Robert DeMott
- Making of Delta Wedding, or doing "something Diarmuid thought I could do"
- Albert J. Devlin
- Early composition history of Catch-22
- James Nagel
- Composition of Nature : writing and the self in the launching of a career
- Western American context of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Stephen L. Tanner
- Albert Von Frank
- "Well my book is written--let it go. . ." : the making of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Howard G. Baetzhold
- Unsmiling aspects of life : A Hazard of New Fortunes
- John W. Crowley
- "Quite the best, "All Round", of all my productions" : the multiple versions of the Jamesian Germ for The Ambassadors
- Richard A. Hocks
- Control code
- 33161530
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 334 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826210449
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 95040987
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)1711169
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