Understanding Truman Capote

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas Fahy
• Editore: The University of South Carolina Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781643360782
• ISBN: 978-1-64336-078-2
• Pagine: 200
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 295 g
• Serie: Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese