James Purdy: Life of a Contrarian Writer - Hardcover
$32.99
$40.99
-20%Quantity
01
Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197609729ISBN-10:197609724UPC:9780197609729Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+, AmericanSize:9.34 x 6.46 x 1.21 inchesWeight:1.7813Product ID:SCAEH8R8DH
A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 A definitive biography of a twentieth century gay author whose work has recently been rediscovered and enjoys a cult following. One of the most iconoclastic twentieth-century American novelists, James Purdy penned original and sometimes shocking works about those on the margins of American society, exploring small towns, urban life, failure, alienation, sexuality,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197609729ISBN-10:197609724UPC:9780197609729Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+, AmericanSize:9.34 x 6.46 x 1.21 inchesWeight:1.7813Product ID:SCAEH8R8DH
Michael Snyder is the author of John Joseph Mathews: Life of an Osage Writer, which was a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award in non-fiction, and Our Osage Hills: Toward an Osage Ecology and Tribalography of the Twentieth Century. An expert on gay literature and Native writers, Snyder is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Contributor(s)
Author
Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.