Looking for Steinbeck's ghost

著者

• Benson, Jackson J.

書誌事項

Looking for Steinbeck's ghost

Jackson J. Benson

University of Nevada Press, 2002

注記

Includes index.

内容説明・目次

内容説明

In 1968, Jackson J. Benson, then a naive young literature professor, set out to write a critical appraisal of John Steinbeck. He found his project turning into an authorized biography: this is an account of his experiences over the 15 years he devoted to writing it. On one level it is a collection of anecdotes, character sketches and memories of Steinbeck. Benson interviewed scores of people who knew Steinbeck at various times in his life, and read thousands of primary sources. On another level it is an account of the biographers task, with allist triumphs and frustrations. We follow Benson as he struggles to master the skills of the biographer: locating sources of information; learning to conduct interviews - and assess their validity; and sifting through all the contradictions and prejudices.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA58715053
• ISBN:
  • 087417497X
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Reno ; Las Vegas
• ページ数/冊数: xv, 231 p.
• 大きさ: 21 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 813.52
• 件名:
  • BLSH : Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
  • LCSH : Novelists, American -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Biography as a literary form