James Purdy : life of a contrarian writer / Michael Snyder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snyder, Michael, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Purdy, James, 1914-2009.

Purdy, James.

Authors, American--Biography.

Authors, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2022

Summary:

This is a biography of a gay American novelist, story writer, and playwright who in the early 1960s was considered a major talent and whose work was praised by Jonathan Franzen, Susan Sontag, Langston Hughes, and Tennessee Williams.

Contents:

Half-Title Title 2nd Half-Title Introduction: The Mystery of James Purdy 1. Hicksville, Ohio 2. A Day after the Fair 3. The Nephew 4. Dream Palaces 5. The Running Sons 6. The Professor 7. James Purdy Begins 8. Success Story 9. Threshold of Assent 10. The Mourner Below 11. Maggoty Urgings 12. The Sun at Noon 13. Sleepers in Moon-.Crowned Valleys 14. Elijah Thrush 15. Solitary Confinement 16. Lighting Out 17. On Glory's Course 18. Color of Darkness 19. The Acolytes Select Bibliography

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2022).

ISBN:

0-19-760974-0

0-19-760975-9

0-19-760973-2