From the Briarpatch File: On Context, Procedure, and American Identity - Rilegato

Murray, Albert

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ISBN 10: 0375421424 ISBN 13: 9780375421426

Casa editrice: Pantheon Books, 2001

Riassunto

The renowned novelist, essayist, poet, and literary and social critic presents a collection of scholarly and provocative essays, reviews, and interviews that examine contemporary America, including his own beginnings as a writer, the accomplishments of Duke Ellington and William Faulkner, the responsibilites of the black educated elite, and the near-tragic, near-comic aura of the blues.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Albert Murray was born in Nokomis, Alabama, in 1916. He was educated at Tuskegee Institute, where he later taught literature and directed the college theater. He is the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including <i>The Seven League Boots</i>, <i>The Blue Devils of Nada</i>, and <i>The Spyglass Tree</i>. He lives in New York City.

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In <i>From the Briarpatch File</i>―a gathering of erudite, provocative, and iconoclastic essays, reviews, and interviews―Albert Murray approaches contemporary America through its artistic expressions of itself and through the inventiveness of his own thinking and experience. He writes about New York in the 1920s and about the beginnings of his career as a writer. He gives us profound assessments of the achievements of Duke Ellington and William Faulkner. He outlines the responsibilities of the black educated elite and discusses the near-tragic, near-comic essence of the blues. His subject is no less than the life of America today; the clarity and the singularity of his vision, thought, and language are no less than stunning.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pantheon Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0375421424
• ISBN 13: 9780375421426
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 195
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile