Truman Capote Enfant Terrible

Author : Robert Emmet Long
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781441191120

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Truman Capote Enfant Terrible by Robert Emmet Long Pdf

A close look at the genesis of one of America's great modern writers Robert Emmet Long presents a full account of Truman Capote's early life, making use of Capote's unpublished papers. Topics covered include his strange relationship with his beautiful but immature mother (she was sixteen years old when capote was born) as well as his friendships with a series of rich and talented women. Combining biographical insights with literary criticism, Truman Capote, Enfant Terrible presents a grand overview of a complex and fascinating author: one who remained a child in appearance and behavior; a southerner who strayed from the south; a celebrity while living in the most solitary realm of his vast imagination.

Author : Robert Emmet Long
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826427632

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Truman Capote-Enfant Terrible by Robert Emmet Long Pdf

A short and pungent New Yorker-style profile/extended essay of one of the great literary talents and some would say underachievers of American literature.

Author : Thomas Fahy
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781611173420

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Understanding Truman Capote by Thomas Fahy Pdf

“Does an admirable job of examining Capote as a writer whose work reflects America of the late 1940s and 1950s more deeply than previously thought.” —Ralph F. Voss, author of Truman Capote and the Legacy of “In Cold Blood” Truman Capote—and his most famous works, In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany’s—continue to have a powerful hold over the American popular imagination, along with his glamorous lifestyle, which included hobnobbing with the rich and famous and frequenting the most elite nightclubs in Manhattan. In Understanding Truman Capote, Thomas Fahy offers a way to reconsider the author’s place in literary criticism, the canon, and the classroom. By reading Capote’s work in its historical context, Fahy reveals the politics shaping his writing and refutes any notion of Capote as disconnected from the political. Instead this study positions him as a writer deeply engaged with the social anxieties of the postwar years. It also applies a highly interdisciplinary framework to the author’s writing that includes discussions of McCarthyism, the Lavender Scare, automobile culture, juvenile delinquency, suburbia, Beat culture, the early civil rights movement, female sexuality as embodied by celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, and atomic age anxieties. This new approach to studying Capote will be of interest in the fields of literature, history, film, suburban studies, sociology, gender/sexuality studies, African American literary studies, and American and cultural studies. Capote’s writing captures the isolation, marginalization, and persecution of those who deviated from or failed to achieve white middle-class ideals and highlights the artificiality of mainstream idealizations about American culture. His work reveals the deleterious consequences of nostalgia, the insidious impact of suppression, the dangers of Cold War propaganda, and the importance of equal rights. Ultimately, Capote’s writing reflects a critical engagement with American culture that challenges us to rethink our understanding of the 1940s and 1950s.

Author : Tison Pugh
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780820346694

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Truman Capote by Tison Pugh Pdf

Pugh explores Capote through a cinematic lens, skillfully weaving the most relevant elements of Capote's biography with insightful critical analysis of the films, screenplays, and adaptations of his works that composed his fraught relationship with the Hollywood machine.

Author : Truman Capote
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0878052755

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Truman Capote by Truman Capote Pdf

"The thing I like to do most in the world is talk," Capote once said, & talk he does in the more than two dozen interviews collected in this book.

Author : David Comfort
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781599637815

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An Insider's Guide to Publishing by David Comfort Pdf

"Perseverance is much more important than talent. Because so many talented people fall by the wayside." --James Michener The history of writing is full of authors striving to succeed in a hyper-competitive publishing world, contending with agents, editors, publishers, critics, and sometimes the greatest challenge of all - overnight success. For all of the extaordinary changes that have recently taken place, however, there are a few things that remain the same. Getting published still requires persistence, preparation, and smarts, as well as an understanding of how the business works, where it's been, and where it's going. An Insider's Guide to Publishing pulls back the industry curtain for millions of published and aspiring authors, revealing Hemingway's famous feuds, Poe's raving madness, Capote's vengeful wit, and much more. With clever insights and dark humor to spare, David Comfort, a thirty-year veteran of the publishing trenches, explores the achivements and faultures of literary masters and editorial workaholics to show readers how they, too, can: • Use their creativity and composure to overcome publishing pitfalls. • Work with agents, editors, publishers, and critics like a pro. • Deal with rejection - and success - while avoiding the madhouse. • Navigate the pros and cons of both traditional and self-publishing. An Insider's Guide to Publishing shares the wicked wit and wisdom of some of the craziest and most ambitious authors and editors of all time - proving that even the talented need luck, pluck, persistence, and the inside scoop on this rapidly changing industry in order to succeed!

Author : Sherri L. Brown,Carol Senf,Ellen J. Stockstill
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442277489

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A Research Guide to Gothic Literature in English by Sherri L. Brown,Carol Senf,Ellen J. Stockstill Pdf

The Gothic began as a designation for barbarian tribes, was associated with the cathedrals of the High Middle Ages, was used to describe a marginalized literature in the late eighteenth century, and continues today in a variety of forms (literature, film, graphic novel, video games, and other narrative and artistic forms). Unlike other recent books in the field that focus on certain aspects of the Gothic, this work directs researchers to seminal and significant resources on all of its aspects. Annotations will help researchers determine what materials best suit their needs. A Research Guide to Gothic Literature in English covers Gothic cultural artifacts such as literature, film, graphic novels, and videogames. This authoritative guide equips researchers with valuable recent information about noteworthy resources that they can use to study the Gothic effectively and thoroughly.

Author : Robert J. Stanton
Publisher : Hall Reference Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015011062943

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Truman Capote by Robert J. Stanton Pdf

Author : Michael Wainwright
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137601339

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Game Theory and Postwar American Literature by Michael Wainwright Pdf

If game theory, the mathematical simulation of rational decision-making first axiomatically established by the Hungarian-born American mathematician John von Neumann, is to prove worthy of literary hermeneutics, then critics must be able to apply its models to texts written without a working knowledge of von Neumann's discipline in mind. Reading such iconic novels as Fahrenheit 451, In Cold Blood, and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye from the perspective of the four most frequently encountered coordination problems - the Stag Hunt, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, and Deadlock, Game Theory and Postwar American Literature illustrates the significant contribution of mathematical models to literary interpretation. The interdisciplinary approach of this book contributes to an understanding of the historical, political, and social contexts that surround the texts produced in the post-Cold War years, as well as providing a comprehensive model of joining game theory and literary criticism.

Author : Laura Cremonini
Publisher : Self-Publish
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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25 films that made Horror Cinema - Part One by Laura Cremonini Pdf

This book is the assembly of various texts that are freely available on the web, especially from Wikipedia. The next obvious question is: why buy this book? The answer: because it means you avoid having to carry out long and tedious internet searches. (12 different topics grouped in one book) The topics are all linked to each other organically, and as a function of the subject and, in most cases, contain additional unpublished topics, not found on the web. Moreover, the inclusion of images completes the work so as to make it unique and unrepeatable. (Over 100 poster and film scenes) In addition, each film is linked to Youtube and in most cases the films are viewed in full Movie.. Contents of the book: 25 films that made Horror Cinema: The Mummy (1932), Il mulino delle donne di pietra (1960), La maschera del demonio (1960), The Innocents (1961), La frusta e il corpo (1963), I lunghi capelli della morte (1965), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), La corta notte delle bambole di vetro (1971), The Legend of Hell House (1973), Burnt Offerings (1976) and Suspiria (1977). Of each film: Plot, Cast, Production, Development, casting, Filming, Post-Production, Musical Score, Release, Critical Response, Home Media, Legacy, References, Bibliography, Posters and Fim Scenes.

Author : Jack Dougherty,Kristen Nawrotzki
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472052066

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Writing History in the Digital Age by Jack Dougherty,Kristen Nawrotzki Pdf

A born-digital project that asks how recent technologies have changed the ways that historians think, teach, author, and publish

Author : Alex Bitterman,Daniel Baldwin Hess
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030660734

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The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods by Alex Bitterman,Daniel Baldwin Hess Pdf

This open access book examines the significance of gay neighborhoods (or ‘gayborhoods’) from critical periods of formation during the gay liberation and freedom movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to proven durability through the HIV/AIDS pandemic during the 1980s and 1990s, to a mature plateau since 2000. The book provides a framework for contemplating the future form and function of gay neighborhoods. Social and cultural shifts within gay neighborhoods are used as a framework for understanding the decades-long struggle for LGBTQ+ rights and equality. Resulting from gentrification, weakening social stigma, and enhanced rights for LGBTQ+ people, gay neighborhoods have recently become “less gay,” following a 50-year period of resilience. Meanwhile, other neighborhoods are becoming “more gay,” due to changing preferences of LGBTQ+ individuals and a propensity for LGBTQ+ families to form community in areas away from established gayborhoods. The current ‘plateau’ in the evolution of gay neighborhoods is characterized by generational differences—between Baby Boom pioneers and Millennials who favour broad inclusivity—signaling various possible trajectories for the future ‘afterlife’ of these important LGBTQ+ urban spaces. The complicating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic provides a point of comparison for lessons learned from gay neighborhoods and the LGBTQ+ community that bravely endured the onset of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in various disciplines—including sociology, social work, anthropology, gender and sexuality, LGTBQ+ and queer studies, as well as urban geography, architecture, and city planning—and to policymakers and advocates concerned with LGBTQ+ rights and social justice.

Author : John Malcolm Brinnin
Publisher : Delta
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0385296215

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Truman Capote by John Malcolm Brinnin Pdf

Author : Joseph J. Waldmeir,John C. Waldmeir
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999-02-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015047478055

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The Critical Response to Truman Capote by Joseph J. Waldmeir,John C. Waldmeir Pdf

Truman Capote was one of the most controversial authors of the 20th century. Since his death in 1984, scholarly interest in his writings has grown considerably. This book traces the critical reception of his works.

Author : Darwin Porter,Danforth Prince
Publisher : Blood Moon Productions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1936003376

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Pink Triangle by Darwin Porter,Danforth Prince Pdf

One hot summer night in 1945, three young writers came together for the first time. Each member of this pink triangle - Tennessee Williams, Gore Vidal and Truman Capote - was on the dawn of fame. They remained competitively and defiantly provocative throughout their writing careers. Initially hailed by critics, each of them would later be attacked for their contributions to literature. From the night they met emerged betrayals that evolved into the most flamboyant rivalries in literary history, and which have only been revealed in this extraordinary book.