Too good to be true the life and work of Leslie Fiedler / Mark Royden Winchell.

Author/creator Winchell, Mark Royden, 1948-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoColumbia : University of Missouri Press,
Descriptionxi, 366 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Fiedler, Leslie A.
Criticism--United States. --History. --20th century.
Authors, American--20th century. --Biography.
Critics--United States. --Biography.

Contents Machine generated contents note: Preface ix -- Acknowledgments xi -- Part One: Flight from the East (1917-1955) -- I. Newark Jew 3 -- 2. All the Irvings Did 19 -- 3. Those Beautiful Chinese Nights 35 -- 4. Too Good to Be True 49 -- 5. Enfant Terrible 63 -- 6. A Newer Criticism 78 -- 7. Discovering America 94 -- Part Two: Celebrity Nut (1955-1971) -- 8. Eliezar Ben Leah 119 -- 9. Heavy Runner 132 -- 10. From Princeton to Athens 145 -- II. American Gothic 160 -- 12. East Toward Home 175 -- 13. True West 192 -- 14. Innocence Reclaimed 208 -- Part Three: Starting Over (1971 -) -- 15. Sacred and Profane 233 -- 16. Till the Tree Die 249 -- 17. Eleanor Mooseheart 266 -- 18. Mutants New and Old 281 -- 19. For Sam and Hattie 296 -- 20. Moses in Aspen 312 -- 21. The Sorcerer's Apprentice 328 -- Bibliography 343 -- Index 351.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 343-349) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002024564
ISBN0826213898 (alk. paper)

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