The writer in the writing : author as hero in postwar American fiction /
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| Author / Creator: | Andrzejczak, Krzysztof, 1942- |
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| Imprint: | San Francisco : International Scholars Publications, 1999. |
| Description: | xiv, 193 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3405294 |
Table of Contents:
- General Introduction: The Years of Anxiety. Dangling in chaos. Manic-Depression and the Counterculture Hero. Reality as Fraud, or Sickness
- Ch. 1. We Improvise Our Novels as We Improvise Our Lives. No Sanction of a Creator. The Uneasy Coexistence. "Real" Author as Hero. A Healthy Dose of Reality
- Ch. 2. Ambivalent Designs: The Writer-Hero on Edge. To Be a Man in the City. Against It, I Write, and Write What? The Under Toad is Strong in Europe
- Ch. 3. The Pain of Writing, the Failure of Success. The Hardships of Writing Endure. The Death of the Garret Artist. The Distress of Success. The Menacing Imagination.
