| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 142 pages) |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Twayne's United States authors series ; no. 707 |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 707
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| Contents |
Early years, later careers -- Pilot and novelist (The hunters, The arm of flesh) -- Screenwriter (Downhill racer, The appointment, Three, Threshold) -- The indelible book (A sport and a pastime) -- From song to sonata (Light years) -- In the American tradition (Solo faces) -- Short story writer (Dusk and other stories) -- Memoirist (Burning the days) -- A coda |
| Summary |
In this, the first book-length study of Salter, William Dowie distills the essence of Salter's literary achievement and discusses the vicissitudes of literary glory. With copious biographical material based upon personal interviews and a twelve-year correspondence, Dowie tracks Salter from his Manhattan youth and West Point days through careers as an Air Force pilot, screenwriter, and journalist, to his blossoming as a writer of novels and short stories. What emerges is a portrait of the writer as a risk taker, willing to discard whole careers in his quest for literary immortality |
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of James Salter |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-136) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Salter, James -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Salter, James Schriftsteller. swd |
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Salter, James. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00028940 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
98027006 |
| ISBN |
0805718338 |
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9780805718331 |
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