From the Briarpatch File: On Context, Procedure, and American Identity

Murray, Albert

ISBN 10: 0375421424 / ISBN 13: 9780375421426

Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York, 2001

Beschreibung

195p. Original cloth backed boards. dj. 21 cm. SIGNED on half-title by Murray. Essays.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 94100

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: From the Briarpatch File: On Context, Procedure, and American Identity
• Verlag: Pantheon Books, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0375421424
• ISBN-13: 9780375421426
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st ed.
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
• Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Signed
  • African Americana

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

The renowned novelist, essayist, poet, and literary and social critic presents a collection of scholarly and provocative essays, reviews, and interviews that examine contemporary America, including his own beginnings as a writer, the accomplishments of Duke Ellington and William Faulkner, the responsibilites of the black educated elite, and the near-tragic, near-comic aura of the blues.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Albert Murray was born in Nokomis, Alabama, in 1916. He was educated at Tuskegee Institute, where he later taught literature and directed the college theater. He is the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including <i>The Seven League Boots</i>, <i>The Blue Devils of Nada</i>, and <i>The Spyglass Tree</i>. He lives in New York City.