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Informationen zum Autor Anne Trubek's writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, American Prospect, and Salon.com. She is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition and English at Oberlin College. Klappentext Why is it that we visit writers' houses? Although admittedly skeptical about the stories these buildings tell us about their former inhabitants, Anne Trubek carries us along as she falls at least a little bit in love with each stop on her itinerary and finds in each some truth about literature, history, and contemporary America. Zusammenfassung Why is it that we visit writers' houses? Although admittedly skeptical about the stories these buildings tell us about their former inhabitants! Anne Trubek carries us along as she falls at least a little bit in love with each stop on her itinerary and finds in each some truth about literature! history! and contemporary America. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Irrational Allure of Writers' Houses 2. Trying to Find Whitman in Camden 3. Never the Twain Shall Meet 4. The Concord Pilgrimage 5. Hemingway's Breadcrumb Trail 6. Not That Tom Wolfe 7. Best-Laid Plans at Jack London State Historic Park 8. The Compensation of Paul Laurence Dunbar 9. Poe Houses and Arrested Decay 10. At Home with Charles Chesnutt and Langston Hughes American Writers' Houses Open to the Public Notes Acknowledgments
