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Reluctant Expatriate
Author | : Robert Myers |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1995-08-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
This book is the first full-length biographical and critical study of the American Realist author Harold Frederic (1856-1898). As London correspondent for the New York Times and the author of nine novels, Frederic was internationally known at the time of his death; today he is remembered mainly for his novel The Damnation of Theron Ware (1896). Drawing on archival and published material not available to earlier writers on Frederic, Myers paints a fascinating portrait of the man and his times as an expatriate in London in the 1890s, his friendship with James, Crane, Wells, and their circle, and the scandal surrounding his death at the age of 42. Frederic was a colorful fellow. As a correspondent in London in the 1890s, he knew Henry James, Stephen Crane, George Gissing, and a host of other literary characters. He fully lived a bohemian life, keeping a real wife and a common-law wife simultaneously, fathering broods of children, writing journalism and novels at a great rate, and dying at 42 of overwork—partly because he let his second wife talk him into refusing medical help (leading to a scandalous court case). Myers concentrates on four main themes: Frederic as an expatriate; his work as representative of the transition from realism to naturalism in American literature; Frederic as a transitional author in the shift from 19th century to 20th century styles of publishing; and Frederic as a representative of the fin de siecle. Myers has worked extensively with Frederic's correspondence as well as in publishers' archives (especially Scribner's), and he sees Frederic as a writer who flourished just as the American literary marketplace was being transformed from the rather poky 19th-century model into the faster-paced 20th-century version so familiar today. This biography will interest not just specialists and Frederic scholars, but also anyone with an interest in American literary culture in one of its defining moments.
Book Auction Records
Author | : Frand Karslake |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1072 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Autographs |
ISBN | : |
A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.
Widener Library Shelflist: English literature
Author | : Harvard University. Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 644 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Library catalogs |
ISBN | : |
J.M. Barrie
Author | : Carl Markgraf |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
English Literature
Author | : Harvard University. Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author | : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 990 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : Books |
ISBN | : |
The Authors XI
Author | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2013-06-06 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1408840464 |
Cricket has perhaps held more writers in its thrall than any other sport: many excellent books have been written about it, and many great authors have played it. The Authors Cricket Club used to play regularly against teams made up of Publishers and Actors. They last played in 1912, and include among their alumni such greats as PG Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle and JM Barrie. A hundred years on from their last match, a team of modern-day authors has been assembled to continue this fine literary and sporting tradition in a nationwide tour in search of the perfect day's cricket. The Authors XI is the story of their season. Over the course of a summer they played over a dozen matches, each one carefully chosen for capturing an aspect of cricket, in some of England's most spectacular and historic grounds, against a wide range of opponents. Each player contributes a chapter about one of their fixtures, using a match report as a starting point for an essay on cricket and its appeal, both historically and today. From Matthew Parker on cricket and empire, and Kamila Shamsie on the women's game, to Tom Holland on cricket and ageing, and Thomas Penn on cricket and history, this is an engaging look at cricket's enduring appeal. Further chapters from other team members examine issues such as class, empire, and sport and the stage.