Understanding Truman Capote

A new direction for Capote studies that reconsiders the author's place in literary criticism, the canon, and the classroom

A propos de l'auteur

Thomas Fahy is an associate professor of English and director of the American Studies program at Long Island University-Post. He is the author of numerous books, including Staging Modern American Life: Popular Culture in the Experimental Theatre of Millay, Cummings, and Dos Passos and Freak Shows and the Modern American Imagination: Constructing the Damaged Body from Willa Cather to Truman Capote, and the editor of The Philosophy of Horror.

Résumé

Truman Capote - along with his most famous works In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's - continues to have a powerful hold over the popular imagination. Thomas Fahy provides a new direction for Capote studies that offers a way to reconsider the author's place in literary criticism, the canon, and the classroom.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Thomas Fahy
• Edition: The University of South Carolina Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781643360782
• ISBN: 978-1-64336-078-2
• Pages: 200
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Poids: 295 g
• Thèmes: Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Politique; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature anglaises