Cheap Rooms And Restless Hearts: Study Of Formula In The Urban Tales Of William Sydney Porter - Couverture souple

Blansfield, Karen Charmaine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0879724218 ISBN 13 : 9780879724214

Editeur : The Popular Press, 1988

Synopsis

This book provides close look at the predominant character types and plot patterns found in the urban stories of William Sydney Porter (more familiarly known as O. Henry), analyzing how these elements structure his tales and contribute to his popular formulas. Blansfield also examines Porter's adventurous but troubled background-as a ranch hand, cowboy, bank teller, journalist, prisoner, fugitive, and more-to see how his own experience shaped these aspects of his fiction. The book considers how the bustling, turbulent conditions of New York City at the turn of the century helped to launch Porter's [O. Henry's] meteoric career.

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À propos de l'auteur

Karen Charmaine Blansfield is assistant professor of drama at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Popular Press
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0879724218
• ISBN 13: 9780879724214
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 154
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• Personne responsable: non disponible