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A skeptic's guide to writers' houses

By Anne , Trubek

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780812242928, 0812242920
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1724476 bytes)
Pages
165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm\174
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
American -- Homes and haunts;Literary landmarks --American literature--Appreciation--United States;AAmerican--Homes and haunts;Authors and readers--Un

Description

The author visits American authors' homes, whether the house is from their birth, death, or sometime in between, and gives background information while on the stomping grounds of Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Clemens, and the like.;The irrational allure of writers' houses -- Trying to find Whitman in Camden -- Never the Twain shall meet -- The Concord pilgrimage -- Hemingway's breadcrumb trail -- Not that Tom Wolfe -- Best-laid plans at Jack London State Historic Park -- The compensation of Paul Laurence Dunbar -- Poe houses and arrested decay -- At home with Charles Chesnutt and Langston Hughes -- American writers' houses open to the public.

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