Writing the American Classics

Author:   Tom Quirk ,  James Barbour ,  Tom Quirk ,  Tom Quirk
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780807842805


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 May 1990
Format:   Paperback
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"This collection of essays describes the genesis of ten classic works of American literature. Using biographical, cultural, and manuscript evidence, the contributors tell the """"stories of stories,"""" plotting the often curious and always interesting ways in which notable American books took shape in a writer's mind. The genetic approach taken in these essays derives from a curiosity, and sometimes a feeling of awe, about how a work of literature came to exist -- what motivated its creation, informed its vision, urged its completion. It is just that sort of wonder that first brings some people to love writers and their books. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value."

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Author:   Tom Quirk ,  James Barbour ,  Tom Quirk ,  Tom Quirk
Publisher:   The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint:   The University of North Carolina Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780807842805


ISBN 10:   080784280
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 May 1990
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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"""A terrific collection of essays that I shall recommend to colleagues and students, especially of the American novel. It modestly puts to rest the fantasy that only post-structuralist theory has anything important and engaging to say about literature. ""Writing the American Classics"" is more than a renewal of genetic criticism; it is the barometer of a new critical climate.""--Norman S. Grabo, University of Tulsa The first modern edition of the writings of this legendary figure. 'Insure[s] that Smith will remain familiar to American schoolchildren and, what is more important, that an accurate version of his writings will be accessible to scholars and the general public.""--""New York Times Book Review"""


A terrific collection of essays that I shall recommend to colleagues and students, especially of the American novel. It modestly puts to rest the fantasy that only post-structuralist theory has anything important and engaging to say about literature. Writing the American Classics is more than a renewal of genetic criticism; it is the barometer of a new critical climate. --Norman S. Grabo, University of Tulsa The first modern edition of the writings of this legendary figure. 'Insure[s] that Smith will remain familiar to American schoolchildren and, what is more important, that an accurate version of his writings will be accessible to scholars and the general public. -- New York Times Book Review


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James Barbour is a professor of English at the University of New Mexico.|Tom Quirk is a professor of English at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

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