An unexpected life / Joseph Blotner.

Author/creator Blotner, Joseph
Other author Blotner, Joseph, 1923-2012 inscriber.
Other author Wright, Stuart, 1948- former owner.
Other author Garrett, George, 1929-2008.
Format Book
Publication InfoBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Blotner, Joseph, 1923-2012.
Literary historians--United States. --Biography.
English teachers--United States. --Biography.
Biographers--United States. --Biography.
Critics--United States. --Biography.

Contents The real thing -- The sixth mission -- Kriegsgefangen -- The turn of the year -- The end of the road -- Return and reentry -- Getting on with life -- Resetting the compass -- Beginning the climb -- Is that all there is? -- Heading west -- The university and Mr. Faulkner -- Moving between worlds -- In pursuit of Faulkner -- Professional joy and private woe -- Have lecture, will travel -- Magic carpet -- The USSR, Rome, home -- Ending and beginnings -- View from Lookout Mountain.
Local noteJoyner Wright Coll. copy inscribed on fly-leaf "For Stuart Wright ... Joe [Blotner]." Autographed on title page "Joseph Blotner." Marked x on page 276 where Wright is mentioned in the narrative. Includes dust jacket. Laid in are an advertisement with order form for the book, a letter from George Garrett to Wright (April 4, 2005), and a letter from Blotner "to the friends of George Garrett" (September 30, 1999). Stuart Wright Book Collection #160.18. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, George Garrett Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012
LCCN 2004019016
ISBN0807130397 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS29.B58 A3 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner Stuart Wright Collection PS29.B58 A3 2005 ✔ Available Request Material