Understanding Robert Penn Warren - Couverture rigide

Grimshaw Jr., James A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1570033951 ISBN 13 : 9781570033957

Editeur : University of South Carolina Press, 2001

Synopsis

Understanding Robert Penn Warren offers a comprehensive introduction to and commentary on the fiction, poetry and drama of one of the 20th century's most versatile writers and the first author to be honoured as US poet laureate. Grimshaw examines the writer's views about the primacy of self-knowledge and explores not only the painful and arduous path his protagonists must follow to gain such knowledge but also the inter-relationship of his artistic endeavours, which were woven together by common thematic concerns - history, time, truth, responsibility, love, hope and endurance. Underscoring the poet laureate's extensive achievements in the realm of letters, Grimshaw discusses Warren's focus on the universal concerns of society. While proposing that Warren comes as close as any writer of his generation to presenting a synoptic view of the human condition, Grimshaw draws primary attention to Warren's storytelling ability - a talent he rates as Warren's greatest legacy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

JAMES A. GRIMSHAW, JR., teaches English and philosophy at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He has written and edited eight books, including Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren: A Literary Correspondence. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, and a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Grimshaw lives in Greenville, Texas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of South Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1570033951
• ISBN 13: 9781570033957
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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