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The making of a writer : journals / Gail Godwin ; edited by Rob Neufeld.
Van Pelt Library PS3557.O315 Z468 2006 v.1 v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Godwin, Gail.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Godwin, Gail--Diaries.
- Godwin, Gail.
- Novelists, American--20th century--Diaries.
- Novelists, American.
- Fiction--Authorship.
- Fiction.
- Genre:
- Diaries.
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection volume 1)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, c2006-c2011.
- Summary:
- The coming of age of a young writer is told through her intimate journals--from the "New York Times" bestselling novelist and three-time National Book Award nominee.
- Contents:
- v. 1. 1961-1963. The preparation : August 12-October 4, 1961 ; Taking leave : October 6-30, 1961 ; Walk, don't run : October 31-December 17, 1961 ; The fateful call : December 20, 1961-January 30, 1962 ; Andante : January 30-April 29, 1962 ; My vocation : May 8-September 30, 1962 ; Personal politics : October 1-December 26, 1962 ; My father's soul : January 2-February 16, 1963 ; Nightwalk : February 27-March 24, 1963 ; Resolution : March 26-June 22, 1963 ; The illumined moment : June 22-July 19, 1963 ; Appendix 1: Excerpts from "Halcyone and the lighthouse," the novel Gail Godwin started in 1961 ; Appendix 2: Literary influences in the work of Gail Godwin ; Appendix 3: Gail Godwin chronology
- v. 2. 1963-1969. The dramatic self : July 23-September 30, 1963 ; Brothers and lovers : November 17, 1963-March 23, 1964 ; Portrait of a woman : January 31-March 18, 1965 ; Accommodating Lucifer : March 20, 1965-February 12, 1966 ; The outsider : March 21-May 22, 1966 ; Getting published : March 5-November 3, 1968 ; The void and the validation : November 3-December 11, 1968 ; The writer's contract : December 13, 1968-March 11, 1969 ; Completion : March 12-July 6, 1969.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection volume 1 has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 1400064325
- 9781400064328
- 0812974697
- 9780812974690
- 9781400064335
- 1400064333
- OCLC:
- 697608504
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