Selected essays / James T. Farrell ; edited by Luna Wolf ; with an introduction by Don M. Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979.

Contributor:

Wolf, Luna.

Wolfe, Don M., 1902-1976.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

McGraw-Hill paperbacks ; 19967.

McGraw-Hill paperbacks ; 19967

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern.

Genre:

Essays.

Penn Provenance:

Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 (donor) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

xxiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 199 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Toronto ; London : McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1964]

Contents:

I. Techniques of Writing. Social themes in American realism; On the function of the novel; Some observations on naturalism, so called, in fiction

II. Literary Criticism. Tolstoy and Napoleon; Joyce and Ibsen; Theodore Dreiser

III. Commentary and Reflections. Tradition in America; The writer and his conscience; Afternoon in Paris; Reflections at Sixty.

Notes:

These essays 'cover the techniques of writing, literary criticism, and personal comments drawn from various moments in a fascinating and peculiarly American career. 'Afternoon in Paris' and 'Reflections at 60' appear for the first time in this fine selection and 'Theodore Dreiser' and 'The Writer and His Conscience' for the first time in book form."--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

283675