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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Knoxville :
The University of Tennessee Press,
[2021]
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 176 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-166) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781621905929 1621905926 |