American writers at home
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Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Main Floor
810.9 M4599
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810.9 M4599
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Book
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224 pages : illustrations
Language
English
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Ranging from Big Sur to coastal Maine, and including writers as diverse as Ernest Hemingway, Frederick Douglass, and Louisa May Alcott, American Writers at Home takes readers on a tour of the American literary heritage that is at once grand and intimate. We ramble through the turn of the century estates of Edith Wharton and Mark Twain and nestle into the humbler homes of Robert Frost and Walt Whitman. We are admitted into privatéand in most cases remarkably unchanged́spaces that bore witness to genius, where Edna St. Vincent Millay's dresses still hang in the closet and Nathaniel Hawthorne's thoughts remain inscribed on the windowpane in his study. Throughout, we see how the personal passions, creative idiosyncrasies, and often profound sorrows of these writers have shaped the books we love most.--Publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Alcott, Louisa May, -- 1832-1888.
Authors, American -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- United States.
Authors, American.
Chopin, Kate, -- 1850-1904.
Dickinson, Emily, -- 1830-1886
Douglass, Frederick, -- 1818-1895.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, -- 1803-1882
Faulkner, William, -- 1897-1962
Frost, Robert, -- 1874-1963
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, -- 1804-1864
Hemingway, Ernest, -- 1899-1961
Irving, Washington, -- 1783-1859
Jeffers, Robinson, -- 1887-1962.
Jewett, Sarah Orne, -- 1849-1909.
Lennard, Erica.
Literary landmarks -- United States.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, -- 1807-1882.
Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, -- 1892-1950.
O'Connor, Flannery.
O'Neill, Eugene, -- 1888-1953.
Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910.
United States -- Intellectual life.
Welty, Eudora, -- 1909-2001.
Wharton, Edith, -- 1862-1937
Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892
Authors, American -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- United States.
Authors, American.
Chopin, Kate, -- 1850-1904.
Dickinson, Emily, -- 1830-1886
Douglass, Frederick, -- 1818-1895.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, -- 1803-1882
Faulkner, William, -- 1897-1962
Frost, Robert, -- 1874-1963
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, -- 1804-1864
Hemingway, Ernest, -- 1899-1961
Irving, Washington, -- 1783-1859
Jeffers, Robinson, -- 1887-1962.
Jewett, Sarah Orne, -- 1849-1909.
Lennard, Erica.
Literary landmarks -- United States.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, -- 1807-1882.
Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, -- 1892-1950.
O'Connor, Flannery.
O'Neill, Eugene, -- 1888-1953.
Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910.
United States -- Intellectual life.
Welty, Eudora, -- 1909-2001.
Wharton, Edith, -- 1862-1937
Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McClatchy, J. D. (2004). American writers at home . Library of America in association with Vendome Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McClatchy, J. D. 2004. American Writers At Home. Library of America in association with Vendome Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McClatchy, J. D. American Writers At Home Library of America in association with Vendome Press, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McClatchy, J. D. American Writers At Home Library of America in association with Vendome Press, 2004.
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