Writing the American classics / edited by James Barbour and Tom Quirk.

Colaborador(es): Barbour, James, 1933- | Quirk, Tom, 1946-Tipo de material: TextoTextoIdioma: Español Descripción: 1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages)ISBN: 9781469617152; 1469617153Tema(s): American literature -- History and criticism | Authors, American -- Biography | Canon (Literature) | Authorship | Littérature américaine -- Histoire et critique | Écrivains américains -- Biographies | Chefs-d'œuvre (Littérature) | Art d'écrire | American literature | Authors, American | Authorship | Canon (Literature) | Geschichte | Kanon | Klassiker | Literatur | Aufsatzsammlung | Amerikaans | Letterkunde | Canon | LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General | | Género/Forma: Aufsatzsammlung. | Biography. | Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Biographies. | Electronic books. Formatos físicos adicionales: Print version:: Writing the American classics.Clasificación CDD: 813/.509 Otra clasificación: 18.06 | HR 1520 | HR 1790 | 17.81 Recursos en línea: EBSCOhost
Contenidos:
Lockean realities and Olympian perspectives: the writing of Franklin's Autobiography / J.A. Leo Lemay -- "All my books are botches": Melville's struggle with The whale / James Barbour -- The remaking of Walden / Robert Sattelmeyer -- Nobility out of tatters: the writing of Huckleberry Finn / Tom Quirk -- The composition of The professor's house / James Woodress -- Hemingway's greatest iceberg: the composition of The sun also rises / William Balassi -- A "matchless time": Faulkner and the writing of The sound and the fury / Sally Wolff and David Minter -- A short history of Tender is the night / Scott Donaldson -- How Native son was born / Keneth Kinnamon -- The mirror and the vamp: invention, reflection, and bad, bad Cathy Trask in East of Eden / Louis Owens.
Resumen: This collection of essays describes the genesis of ten classic works of American literature. Using biographical, cultural, and manuscript evidence, the contributors tell the "stories of stories," plotting the often curious and always interesting ways in which notable American books took shape in a writer's mind.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Lockean realities and Olympian perspectives: the writing of Franklin's Autobiography / J.A. Leo Lemay -- "All my books are botches": Melville's struggle with The whale / James Barbour -- The remaking of Walden / Robert Sattelmeyer -- Nobility out of tatters: the writing of Huckleberry Finn / Tom Quirk -- The composition of The professor's house / James Woodress -- Hemingway's greatest iceberg: the composition of The sun also rises / William Balassi -- A "matchless time": Faulkner and the writing of The sound and the fury / Sally Wolff and David Minter -- A short history of Tender is the night / Scott Donaldson -- How Native son was born / Keneth Kinnamon -- The mirror and the vamp: invention, reflection, and bad, bad Cathy Trask in East of Eden / Louis Owens.

This collection of essays describes the genesis of ten classic works of American literature. Using biographical, cultural, and manuscript evidence, the contributors tell the "stories of stories," plotting the often curious and always interesting ways in which notable American books took shape in a writer's mind.

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