Cheap Rooms and Restless Hearts: A Study of Formula in the Urban Tales of William Sydney Porter - Rilegato

Blansfield, Karen Charmaine

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ISBN 10: 087972420X ISBN 13: 9780879724207

Casa editrice: Popular Pr of Bowling Green State, 1988

Riassunto

This book provides close look at the predominant character types and plot patterns found in the urban stories of William Sydney Porter (more familiarly known as O. Henry), analyzing how these elements structure his tales and contribute to his popular formulas. Blansfield also examines Porter’s adventurous but troubled background—as a ranch hand, cowboy, bank teller, journalist, prisoner, fugitive, and more—to see how his own experience shaped these aspects of his fiction. The book considers how the bustling, turbulent conditions of New York City at the turn of the century helped to launch Porter’s [O. Henry’s] meteoric career.

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L'autore:

Karen Charmaine Blansfield is assistant professor of drama at the University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Popular Pr of Bowling Green State
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• ISBN 10: 087972420X
• ISBN 13: 9780879724207
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida