| The Two Worlds of William March First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Simmonds, Roy S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817356878 ISBN-13: 9780817356873 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1470 |
| Series: Library of Alabama Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.40 lbs) 388 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Described by Jos Garcia Villa as America's 'greatest short story writer, ' by Alistair Cooke as the 'the unrecognized genius of our time, ' and by his biographer as 'one of the most remarkable, talented, and shamefully neglected writers that America has pro- duced, ' William March (1893-1954) is remembered, if at all, for The Bad Seed, which March ironically regarded as his worst work. The emphasis in The Two Worlds of William March is on the literary career, and we get a fairly full picture of a hardworking, oversensitive, compassionate bachelor, who suffered a tragic breakdown late in life . . . and] whose best long works, Company K and The Looking-Glass, as well as March himself are almost forgotten. . . . Simmonds's comprehensive, scholarly, and sympathetic study may redress this unwarranted neglect." --CHOICE |