Malcolm Cowley Book order
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.
- 1990
- 1986
“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.
- 1978
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.
- 1976
Collects stories that capture the emotional undercurrents hidden beneath ordinary events.
- 1971
An Anthology of the Novel from Cervantes to Hemingway
- 1967
The adventures and attitudes shared by the American writers dubbed the lost generation, are brought to life in this book of prose works. Feeling alienated in the America of the 1920s, Fitzgerald, Crane, Hemingway, Wilder, Dos Passos, Cowley and others escaped to Europe, as exiles.
- 1967
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
- 1959
