Robert Penn Warren, shadowy autobiography, and other makers of American literature /

"Drawing principally on the work of critic James Olney, Joseph R. Millichap shows how Robert Penn Warren's critical engagement with major American authors-Faulkner, Ransom, Melville, Whittier, Dreiser, and Hawthorne-generated both insightful criticism as well as a working out of Warren...

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Main Author: Millichap, Joseph R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"Drawing principally on the work of critic James Olney, Joseph R. Millichap shows how Robert Penn Warren's critical engagement with major American authors-Faulkner, Ransom, Melville, Whittier, Dreiser, and Hawthorne-generated both insightful criticism as well as a working out of Warren's own autobiography under the shadowy influence of these leading writers. While Warren himself occasionally acknowledged the autobiographical nature of creative work-especially in his poetry-Millichap discovers similar dynamics at work when Warren takes up influential writers in his criticism"--
Physical Description:xii, 176 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-166) and index.
ISBN:9781621905929
1621905926