The critical response to Truman Capote / edited by Joseph J. Waldmeir and John C. Waldmeir.
| Other author | Waldmeir, Joseph J. |
| Other author | Waldmeir, John Christian, 1959- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999. |
| Description | xix, 242 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical responses in arts and letters ; no. 32, 1057-0993 ; Critical responses in arts and letters ; no. 32. ^A286782 |
| Contents | Plate du jour : soul food : Truman Capote on Black culture / Cecil M. Brown -- Metaphorical world of Truman Capote / John W. Aldridge -- Daydream and nightmare of Narcissus / Ihab H. Hassan -- Capote as gay American author / Peter G. Christensen -- On Capote's grass harp / Eric Bentley -- Grass menagerie / George Jean Nathan -- Stage : house of flowers / Richard Hayes -- Capote's tale / Leslie Fiedler -- Truman Capote : the revelation of the broken image / Paul Levine -- From Gothic to camp / Irving Malin -- Other voices, other rooms : Oedipus between the covers / Marvin E. Mengeling -- Blizzard of butterflies / H.P. Lazarus -- Birth of a heroine / Ihab H. Hassan -- Final door / Terrence Rafferty -- Capote's crime and punishment / Diana Trilling -- Kansas farm murders / Kenneth Tynan -- "Non-fiction" novel / William Wiegand -- Real toads in real gardens : reflections on the art of non-fiction fiction and the legacy of Truman Capote / David Galloway -- Religion and style in the Dogs bark and Music for chameleons / John C. Waldmeir -- "Fire, fire, fire flowing like a river, river, river" : history and postmodernism in Truman Capote's Handcarved coffins / Jack Hicks -- Gothic as vortex : the form of horror in Capote, Faulkner, and Styron / J. Douglas Perry -- Glimpses of "A good man" in Capaote's In cold blood / Jon Tuttle -- Variations on a dream : Katherine Anne Porter and Truman Capote / William L. Nance -- American tragedy and In cold blood : turning case history into art / John J. McAleer -- Major works and themes / Peter G. Christensen. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-238) and index. |
| LCCN | 98048934 |
| ISBN | 0313306664 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3505.A59 Z635 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |