T.S. Stribling : a life of the Tennessee novelist / Kenneth W. Vickers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vickers, Kenneth W., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stribling, T. S. (Thomas Sigismund), 1881-1965.

Stribling, T. S.

Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, American.

Tennessee--Biography.

Tennessee.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2004]

Summary:

A pioneer figure in the Southern Renaissance, Thomas Sigismund Stribling (1881-1965) was the first Tennessean to receive the Pulitzer Prize for literature (for his 1932 novel, The Store). Yet because his work defied easy categorization, it has not received the lasting appreciation it deserves. In this long-overdue biography, Kenneth W. Vickers places T. S. Stribling firmly in the vanguard of the Southern Renaissance, asserting his importance as a precursor to those who followed him in southern letters--notably Thomas Wolfe and William Faulkner.

Contents:

Ancestry

Formative years

Apprentice years

Explorations

Recognition

High hopes and low roads

Success and love

Missed opportunities

A Grubstreet writer confronts the past

A bid for immortality

Enjoying the moment

Passing the zenith

Dr. Poggioli's assistant

Last years and legacies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.

ISBN:

157233228X

OCLC:

52514339