The American Writer: Shaping a Nation's Mind
Language: English
Published by St Martins Pr, New York, New York, 1999
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- Title
- The American Writer: Shaping a Nation's Mind
- Author
- Cady, Jack
- Publisher
- St Martins Pr, New York, New York
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good / with Protective Cover
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0312202741
- ISBN 13
- 9780312202743
- Edition
- First Edition.
Cady traces the threads of sin and original good in American literature, examines the thorny question of race, and explores the fantastic in modern fiction. He looks anew at familiar writers like Hemingway and Steinbeck, and repeatedly focuses on storytellers who have fallen out of favor today.
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About the Author
Jack Cady won the Atlantic Monthly "First" award in 1965 for his story "The Burning." Since then, he has gone on to publish eight novels and four volumes of short fiction, earning himself such honors as the Iowa Prize for Short Fiction, the National Literary Anthology Award, the Washington State Governor's Award, the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award. Born in Ohio and raised in Indiana and Kentucky, he worked a wide variety of jobs throughout the country, including jobs as a tree high climber, an auctioneer, a long-distance truck driver, and a stint in the Coast Guard. Over the past twenty-five years, he held teaching positions at the University of Washington, Clarion College, Knox College, the University of Alaska at Sitka, and Pacific Lutheran University. Recently retired from teaching, he lives in Port Townsend, Washington.
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