William Maxwell - A Literary Life

Informationen zum Autor Barbara A. Burkhardt Klappentext The illustrious life and works of the famous "New Yorker" editor Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments   ix Credits   xiii Meeting Maxwell   1 Introduction   7 1. Childhood: A Lifetime of Material, 1908-33   19 2. First Fiction: Bright Center of Heaven, 1933-34   48 3. Breakout Novel: They Came Like Swallows, 1934-38   61 4. Mature Novelist 1: The Folded Leaf, 1938-45   79 5. Mature Novelist 2: Time Will Darken It, 1945-48   135 6. Turning Point: The New Yorker and The Chateau, 1948-61   171 7. The Novelist as Historian: Ancestors, 1961-71   205 8. Maxwell's New York, 1974-76   219 9. The Masterwork: So Long, See You Tomorrow, 1972-80   229 10. Summing Up: Late Short Works, 1980-92   257 Conclusion: Stand, Accepting   270 Notes   275 Index   297 Illustrations follow page 170

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Burkhardt, Barbara A. Burkhardt
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.2005
• EAN: 9780252030185
• ISBN: 978-0-252-03018-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000, Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren