Biographies of books : the compositional histories of notable American writings / edited by James Barbour and Tom Quirk.

Other author Barbour, James, 1933-
Other author Quirk, Tom, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbia : University of Missouri Press, ©1996.
Description334 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Composition of Nature : writing and the self in the launching of a career / Albert Von Frank -- "Well my book is written--let it go. . ." : the making of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Howard G. Baetzhold -- Unsmiling aspects of life : A Hazard of New Fortunes / John W. Crowley -- "Quite the best, "All Round", of all my productions" : the multiple versions of the Jamesian Germ for The Ambassadors / Richard A. Hocks -- "There was something mystic about it" : the composition of Sister Carrie by Dreiser et al / Richard W. Dowell -- Building The House of Mirth / Candance Waid -- "A truly American book" : pressing The Grapes of Wrath / Robert DeMott -- Making of Delta Wedding, or doing "something Diarmuid thought I could do" / Albert J. Devlin -- Early composition history of Catch-22 / James Nagel -- Western American context of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest / Stephen L. Tanner.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 95040987
ISBN0826210449 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS25 .B58 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold