Lanford Wilson: Early Stories, Sketches, and Poems

Crespy, David A. (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 0826221335 / ISBN 13: 9780826221339

Published by University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2017

About this Item

First edition, hardcover, inscribed by Crespy on the title page, the book has a small lean to the binding, slight bumps to the spine ends, and a very faint hint of smudging to the edges of the text block. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good+ copy in a like dust jacket, which has slight bumps to the spine ends and corners, mild rubbing with a touch of edge wear to the covers, a hint of sunning to the spine, and a short, thin scrape to the front fold.

Seller Inventory # 106617

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lanford Wilson: Early Stories, Sketches, and Poems
• Publisher: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826221335
• ISBN 13: 9780826221339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Drama
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

Before Lanford Wilson became a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright, with such celebrated productions as The Hot l Baltimore, Fifth of July, Talley’s Folly, and Burn This, he wrote dozens of short stories and poems, many of which take place in the 1950s, small-town Missouri where he grew up. This selection of Wilson’s early work, written between 1955 and 1967 when he was between the ages of 18 and 30, provides a rare look at a young writer developing his style. The stories explore many of the themes Wilson later took up in the theater, such as sexual identity and the rupture of societies and families. These never-before-published works―part of the manuscript collection donated by Wilson to the University of Missouri―shed light on the roots of some of America’s best-loved plays and are accomplished and evocative works in their own right.

About the Author

David Crespy is Professor of Playwriting, Acting, and Dramatic Literature at the University of Missouri. He is the author of many plays and two previous books, founder and co-director of the Writing for Performance Program, and founding artistic director of the Missouri Playwrights Workshop and the Mizzou New Play Series. He lives in Columbia, Missouri.