Understanding James Leo Herlihy

Informationen zum Autor Robert Ward received a B.A. in English humanities at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American literature from the University of Leeds. He currently teaches English at Brown University and Emerson College. His work includes an edited volume on Nelson Algren, as well as essays on James Leo Herlihy, Joan Didion, and proletarian writing of the 1930s. Klappentext A study of a post-war novelist, actor, and playwright whose personal life parallels his award-winning works Zusammenfassung Examines Herlihy's writing with reference to its historical! cultural! and personal contexts. Ward portrays Herlihy as a product of his environment! influenced by the 1950s and 1960s culture! including the youth rebellion! the erosion of the traditional family! and the increasing sexual liberation.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Ward
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2012
• EAN: 9781611170740
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-074-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature; Understanding Contemporary Ame
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies