The Two Worlds of William March (Library of Alabama Classics) - Softcover

Simmonds, Roy S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0817356878 ISBN 13: 9780817356873

Publisher: University Alabama Press, 2011

Synopsis

“Described by José 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

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About the Author

Roy S. Simmonds (September 10, 1925 - November 10, 2000) was an English literary scholar and critic best known for his biographies on John Steinbeck, William March, and Edward O'Brien.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817356878
• ISBN 13: 9780817356873
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 387