Bøker av Tom Quirk

This collection of essays describes the genesis of ten classic works of American literature. Using biographical, cultural, and manuscript evidence, the contributors tell the "e;stories of stories,"e; plotting the often curious and always interesting ways in which notable American books took shape in a writer's mind.The genetic approach taken in these essays derives from a curiosity, and sometimes a feeling of awe, about how a work of literature came to exist -- what motivated its creation, informed its vision, urged its completion. It is just that sort of wonder that first brings some people to love writers and their books.Originally published in 1990.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Mark Twain once claimed that he could read human character as well as he could read the Mississippi River, and he studied his fellow humans with the same devoted attention. In both his fiction and his nonfiction, he was disposed to dramatise how the human creature acts in a given environment - and to understand why.

A collection of essays which have something to do with a genetic approach to literary study. In this work, Tom Quirk takes a stand against the direction taken by modern critical theory and sets forth his approach to literature. Authors discussed include Hawthorne, Melville, Twain and Faulkner.

Traces the history of ""The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"" from 1876 to its position in today's American culture. Approaching the novel from several different perspectives, the author reveals how Mark Twain's imagination worked and why the novel has affected so many people in so many curious ways.