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Critical Response to Truman Capote

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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One of the most controversial American authors of the twentieth century, Truman Capote is best known as the author of In Cold Blood (1966), a work of literary journalism that recounts the slaughter of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959. But he also wrote numerous short stories, dozens of nonfiction pieces for popular magazines, several other novels, and some works for Hollywood and Broadway. Unlike In Cold Blood, many of his earlier works were criticized for their focus on character at a time when other writers were using fiction to explore historical events and social and political positions. Since his death in 1984, scholarly interest in Capote and his works has grown considerably. Over the last few decades, the reaction to his works has been rich and varied. This volume chronicles the critical reception to Capote's writings.Included are previously published reviews and essays, along with several pieces written especially for this book. The selections are grouped in several broad sections, which examine such topics as overviews and interviews, the genres in which he wrote, and his particular works, his literary documentaries, and his relation to other writers and critics. Each section is organized chronologically and traces not only the development of Capote's talents but also the evolution of critical attitudes toward his works. Both favorable and unfavorable analyses by commentators and scholars such as Ihab Hassan, George Jean Nathan, Leslie Fiedler, Diana Trilling, Kenneth Tynan, and many others provide a balanced view of Capote's writings. A comprehensive introduction covers the materials included in the book along with many other relevant texts, and extensive bibliographic material records the present state of Capote scholarship.

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Utgivningsdatum1999-02-28
Mått156 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt539 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Responses in Arts and Letters
Antal sidor280
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780313306662

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JOSEPH J. WALDMEIR is Emeritus Professor of English at Michigan State University. He is the author or editor of several books, and his articles have appeared in such journals as Modern Fiction Studies, Southern Folklore Quarterly, Studies in Short Fiction, Journal of American Culture, The Hemingway Review, and Journal of Modern Literature.JOHN C. WALDMEIR is Associate Academic Dean and Assistant Professor of English at Loras College. He is the author of The American Trilogy 1990-1937: Norris, Dreiser, Dos Passos and the History of Mammon (1995) and has published in such journals as English Language Notes and Journal of American Culture.

Series Foreword by Cameron NorthouseChronologyIntroductionOverviews and InterviewsPlate du Jour: Soul Food: Truman Capote on Black Culture by Cecil M. BrownThe Metaphorical World of Truman Capote by John W. AldridgeThe Daydream and Nightmare of Narcissus by Ihab H. HassanCapote As Gay American Author by Peter G. ChristensenGenres and Individual WorksStage and FictionOn Capote's Grass Harp by Eric BentleyThe Grass Menagerie by George Jean NathanThe Stage: House of Flowers by Richard HayesShort StoriesCapote's Tales by Leslie FiedlerTruman Capote: The Revelation of the Broken Image by Paul LevineFrom Gothic to Camp by Irving MalinNovelsOther Voices, Other Rooms: Oedipus Between the Covers by Marvin E. MengelingA Blizzard of Butterflies by H. P. LazarusBirth of a Heroine by Ihab H. HassanA Final Door by Terrence RaffertyFact into FictionCapote's Crime and Punishment by Diana TrillingThe Kansas Farm Murders by Kenneth TynanThe "Non-Fiction" Novel by William WiegandReal Toads in Real Gardens: Reflections on the Art of Non-Fiction Fiction and the Legacy of Truman Capote by David GallowayReligion and Style in THE DOGS BARK and MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS by John C. Waldmeir"Fire, Fire, Fire Flowing Like a River, River, River": History and Postmodernism in Truman Capote's HANDCARVED COFFINS by Jack HicksCapote and OthersGothic As Vortex: The Form of Horror in Capote, Faulkner, and Styron by J. Douglas PerryGlimpses of "A Good Man" in Capote's IN COLD BLOOD by Jon TuttleVariations on a Dream: Katherine Anne Porter and Truman Capote by William L. NanceAN AMERICAN TRAGEDY and IN COLD BLOOD: Turning Case History into Art by John J. McAleerBibliographyMajor Works and Themes by Peter G. ChristensenSelected BibliographyIndex