Impossible Craft - Literary Biography

Informationen zum Autor Scott Donaldson ( 1928–2020) was an accomplished biographer and the Louise G. T. Cooley Professor of English at the College of William and Mary, emeritus. His publications include Fitzgerald and Hemingway: Works and Days (2009), Hemingway vs. Fitzgerald: The Rise and Fall of a Literary Friendship (1999), John Cheever: A Biography (1988), and Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1983). His Archibald MacLeish: An American Life (1992) won the Ambassador Book Award for biography. Klappentext Explores the challenges and rewards faced by literary biographers. Details the author's experiences writing the lives of writers including Edwin Arlington Robinson, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Cheever, and Archibald MacLeish.

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• Authors: Professor Scott (College of William and Donaldson, Scott Donaldson, Scott E (College of William and Mary Donaldson, Scott E. Donaldson, Donaldson Scott
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9780271065281
• ISBN: 978-0-271-06528-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Penn State Series in the History of the Book; Penn State Series in the Histo; Penn State Series in the History of the Book; Penn State the History of the
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Literature: history & criticism, History of the Americas, Publishing industry & book trade, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Authorship, Publishing and book trade