Paging New Jersey : a literary guide to the Garden State / James F. Broderick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broderick, James F., 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--New Jersey--History and criticism.

American literature.

Authors, American--Homes and haunts--New Jersey.

Authors, American.

Literary landmarks--New Jersey.

Literary landmarks.

New Jersey--Intellectual life.

New Jersey.

New Jersey--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For 300 years, New Jersey writers, books, and historical events have helped shape the cultural landscape of the nation, and yet the state is rarely credited for its numerous contributions to American letters and folklore. Paging New Jersey is just the book for those interested in uncovering a treasure trove of information about the Garden State's key role in the creation of U.S. literary and popular culture. New Jersey writers from Stephen Crane to Toni Morrison are included as well as longtime Camden resident Walt Whitman and Newark native Philip Roth. James F. Broderick's unique look at the state's literary and cultural history answers intriguing Jersey-related questions such as: how author Peter Benchley got the idea for Jaws ; where Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton; why the Hindenberg exploded over Lakehurst in 1937; and where to find help in locating Captain Kidd's buried treasure along the Jersey Shore. Most people know that television's fictional Tony Soprano lives in New Jersey, but what about the state's other mobsters-- The real "goombahs?" Who are they and what have these particular Jersey devils written? Full of commentary, biographical information, and history--along with suggested reading lists-- Paging New Jersey is a crash course in Jerseyana. For those who live in the state, expatriots, and yes, even those who think all New Jersey has to offer is the Turnpike, Broderick's engaging yet learned book provides an entertaining look at the Garden State's rich cultural heritage.

Contents:

Philip Freneau

James Fenimore Cooper

Mary Griffith

Walt Whitman

Mary Mapes Dodge

Thomas Nast

Mary Wilkins Freeman

Stephen Crane

Albert Payson Terhune

William Carlos Williams

Joyce Kilmer

Allen Ginsberg

Mary Higgins Clark

Toni Morrison

Amiri Baraka

Joyce Carol Oates

Peter Benchley

Anna Quindlen

Cheaper by the dozen

Goodbye, Columbus

The Pine Barrens

Eddie and the Cruisers

Jersey luck

Rosamund's vision

Laying down the law

One for the money

Our guys

Lost legends of New Jersey

Searching for Captain Kidd's treasure

Burr, Hamilton, and the duel of history in Weehawken

The Lindbergh baby kidnapping

The Hindenburg disaster

The trials of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Mobbed in New Jersey

On the (paper) trail of the New Jersey Devil

Dodge Poetry Festival

The New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame

Stages of greatness: a survey of the history of theater in New Jersey

Reaching critical mass in the Garden State

Stoned in New Jersey.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-6740-8

0-8135-3525-5

OCLC:

54772860