Haunted man's report : reading Charles Portis / Robert Cochran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cochran, Robert, 1943- author.

Contributor:

University of Arkansas Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portis, Charles--Criticism and interpretation.

Portis, Charles.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

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

Authors, American.

Genre:

Biographies

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literary criticism

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Robert Cochran's Haunted Man's Report is a pioneering study of the novels and other writings of Charles Portis (1933-2020), best known for True Grit and its film adaptations. Hailed by one critic as "the author of classics on the order of a twentieth-century Mark Twain" and as America's "least-known great novelist," Portis has garnered a devoted fan base with his inventive westerns, picaresque characters, and singular talent for injecting comedy into even the smallest turn of phrase"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Words failed her" : journalism

"Charity endureth all things" : Norwood

"Hard, isolate, stoic" : True grit

Deadpan nitro : The dog of the South

American Pythagoras : Masters of Atlantis

The haunted man's report : Gringos

"A brief reprieve" : Delray's new moon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-209) and index.

Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library.

Other Format:

Online version: Cochran, Robert, 1943- Haunted man's report

ISBN:

9781682262467

1682262464

9781682262474

1682262472

OCLC:

1402811353