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Letters of Roy Bedichek

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Informationen zum Autor William A. Owens, professor emeritus at Columbia University, is the author of many books on the history and folklore of the Southwest and was, as a young man, an employee under Bedichek's supervision in the University of Texas Division of Extension. Lyman Grant is head of the developmental writing department at Austin Community College and book review editor of the Texas Humanist. Klappentext Although Roy Bedichek published less than his more famous friends J. Frank Dobie and Walter Prescott Webb, he wrote voluminously and, many say, with more distinction than the others. In addition to his four published books, Bedichek produced a great number of letters through which he communicated his broad interests and deep learning to a wide variety of correspondents.Prefaced by a biographical sketch, this volume presents a collection of Bedichek letters that give us an insight into his literary and creative development-from his earliest years through his career at the University of Texas and on into his later years. They include letters to his closest associates, J. Frank Dobie and Walter Prescott Webb, and to many old friends, such as William A. Owens, John A. Lomax, and John Henry Faulk. Also included is Bedichek's correspondence with other contemporaries, not all old friends, among them Texas Governor James Ferguson, the recipient of some of Bedichek's most trenchant criticism. Throughout this collection, Bedichek's sparkling wit and profound learning are evident as he discusses his favorite subjects, among them ecology, education, literature, politics, and history, frequently related to Texas.When Roy Bedichek gave his collection of letters to the Barker Collection in the University of Texas Library, he designated William A. Owens as the authorized editor of the letters, with the restriction that none of them be published until seven years following his death, which came in 1959. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Editorial Notes Roy Bedichek: Heir of Expanding Frontiers The Letters Afterword Index ...

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Authors William A. Owens
Assisted by Lyman Grant (Editor), William A. Owens (Editor)
Publisher External catalogues UK
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 17.11.2009
 
EAN 9780292717879
ISBN 978-0-292-71787-9
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

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