And I Worked at the Writer's Trade
Chapters of Literary History, 1918-1978
- 276 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper over boards. Dust jacket is sunned at the spine and has light wear to extremities.
Malcolm Cowley Books
August 24, 1898 – March 27, 1989
Malcolm Cowley was a pivotal American literary historian and critic, whose work captured the zeitgeist and shaped our understanding of American literature. His writings are distinguished by a profound insight into the artists he championed, significantly advancing the careers of many. Cowley's essays and historical accounts offered essential perspectives on the literary movements and generations that defined modern American letters. His lifelong dedication to literature left an indelible mark on the critical and historical discourse surrounding American prose and poetry.
Leaves of grass
- 162 pages
- 6 hours of reading
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars First published in 1855, and edited, revised and expanded over thirty years, Leaves of Grass has become one of the most celebrated poetry collections in the history of American literature. A master of free verse, Walt Whitman captures the true spirit of his homeland and its people through his poetry. He explores a wide range of themes, encompassing American identity and cultural values, democracy, nature and the mysteries of the human spirit. Featuring the poems of the original 1855 edition, Leaves of Grass remains an influential work within the American literary tradition, studied and treasured around the world."
The Portable Emerson - New Edition - Edited by Carl Bode in Collaboration with Malcolm Cowley
- 670 pages
- 24 hours of reading
This volume, edited by Carl Bode in collaboration with Malcolm Cowley, presents the essential Emerson, selected from works that eloquently express the philosophy of a worldly idealist. The Portable Emerson comprises essays, including “History,” “Self-Reliance,” “The Over-Soul,” “Circles,” and “The Poet”; Emerson’s first book, Nature , in its entirety; twenty-two poems, including “Uriel,” “The Humble-Bee,” and “Give All to Love”; orations, including “The American Scholar,” “The Fugitive Slave Law,” and “John Brown”; English Traits , complete; and biographical essays on Plato, Napoleon, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Carlyle, and others.
The Portable Faulkner
- 768 pages
- 27 hours of reading
Covers a 130-year period in the history of Yoknapatawpha county and its citizens as revealed by the author who was one of them
"Exile's Return (1934) is one of the volumes that cinched Cowley's reputation as the Boswell of the "Lost Generation" of writers and artists who flocked to Paris following World War I. More than just another catalog of anecdotes on the expatriate games of Stein, Hemingway, Joyce, etc., this documents the transition of American literature and culture during one of its greatest periods of change." From Library Journal.
Collects stories that capture the emotional undercurrents hidden beneath ordinary events.
An Anthology of the Novel from Cervantes to Hemingway
