20th Century American Literature - Post WWII - Literary Criticism, American Literature - Regional Literature - Literary Criticism, Westerns - Literary Criticism
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Overview
Joseph Wydeven provides a fresh biographical and critical introduction to Wright Morris from the perspective of the closure of his career, taking into account the obvious aesthetic riches found in his narratives, photographic images, and combinations of the two. One of Morris's principal subjects is the American Dream, or more correctly, Wydeven says, American dreamers: those men and women who looked west and saw mythic and metaphysical landsapes upon which they imprinted their vast desires for happiness and success. Incorporating a portfolio of Morris's photographs, Wydeven suggests that the fiction and photography benefit from being examined in tandem, as part of a single aesthetic and complex approach to reality.Editorials
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A biographical examination of Morris's career, emphasizing both the relationship between his fiction and his photography, as well as the importance of autobiographical experimentation to his career. The author discusses Morris's aesthetic riches and his treatment of the American Dream and American dreamers. He argues that in attempting to make the America of his father his own, Morris turned critical, finding nausea at the heart of nostalgia. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
May 6, 1998
Publisher
New York : Twayne ; c1998.
Pages
212
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780805745313