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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.

    The Faulkner-Cowley File
    Great Tales of the Deep South
    Winesburg, Ohio
    Exile's Return
    The Portable Faulkner
    Leaves of Grass

    • Leaves of Grass

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      “I am large, I contain multitudes” A Penguin Classic When Walt Whitman self-published his Leaves of Grass in July 1855, he altered the course of literary history. One of the greatest masterpieces of American literature, it redefined the rules of poetry while describing the soul of the American character. Throughout his great career, Whitman continuously revised, expanded, and republished Leaves of Grass, but many critics believe that the book that matters most is the 1855 original. Penguin Classics proudly presents that text in its original and complete form, with an introductory essay by the writer and poet Malcolm Cowley. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

      Leaves of Grass

    • The Portable Faulkner

      • 768 pages
      • 27 hours of reading
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      Covers a 130-year period in the history of Yoknapatawpha county and its citizens as revealed by the author who was one of them

      The Portable Faulkner

    • Winesburg, Ohio

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      Collects stories that capture the emotional undercurrents hidden beneath ordinary events.

      Winesburg, Ohio

    • 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 Emerson - New Edition - Edited by Carl Bode in Collaboration with Malcolm Cowley

    • 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.

      And I Worked at the Writer's Trade