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- catalog abstract "In this work, the author tells how Saroyan transformed the short story by personalizing it and by loosening the structure of the novella form. He went on to bring new life to the theater and to the telling of autobiography. Better than that of any recent drama critic, Balakian's chapters on the theater place Saroyan's plays in the larger framework of the American theater of his time and achieve the creation of a total picture of the state of the American theater of the 1930s. In fact, this is more than a book on Saroyan. Tracing the progression of his work, Balakian reconstructs the total climate of the era in which Saroyan's varied talents emerged, and eventually reveals his inability to cope with the post-World War II world. Waiting like a pre-Beckett character for a future that never was to be, Saroyan used his reminiscences of the past in quite a different way from Proust: running through the memories of an average man on a bicycle rather than as an aristocrat in a cloistered abode. Propelled by the peripeties, the advances and retreats, of an unprotected life, he gave a new twist to the writing of biography.".
- catalog contributor b10722426.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "In fact, this is more than a book on Saroyan. Tracing the progression of his work, Balakian reconstructs the total climate of the era in which Saroyan's varied talents emerged, and eventually reveals his inability to cope with the post-World War II world. Waiting like a pre-Beckett character for a future that never was to be, Saroyan used his reminiscences of the past in quite a different way from Proust: running through the memories of an average man on a bicycle rather than as an aristocrat in a cloistered abode. Propelled by the peripeties, the advances and retreats, of an unprotected life, he gave a new twist to the writing of biography.".
- catalog description "In this work, the author tells how Saroyan transformed the short story by personalizing it and by loosening the structure of the novella form. He went on to bring new life to the theater and to the telling of autobiography. Better than that of any recent drama critic, Balakian's chapters on the theater place Saroyan's plays in the larger framework of the American theater of his time and achieve the creation of a total picture of the state of the American theater of the 1930s.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index.".
- catalog description "The time, the place, the man -- The theory and practice of being William Saroyan: early stories -- The story as discursive dialogue: the emergence of "a new kind of artist" -- The art of the Saroyan story -- Toward an American theater: a radical conversion -- A new dramatic vision: The time of your life -- The Broadway years -- And beyond: Saroyan's later writings.".
- catalog extent "294 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "World of William Saroyan.".
- catalog identifier "083875368X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "World of William Saroyan.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lewisburg, [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "World of William Saroyan.".
- catalog subject "818/.5209 21".
- catalog subject "PS3537.A826 Z59 1998".
- catalog subject "Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The time, the place, the man -- The theory and practice of being William Saroyan: early stories -- The story as discursive dialogue: the emergence of "a new kind of artist" -- The art of the Saroyan story -- Toward an American theater: a radical conversion -- A new dramatic vision: The time of your life -- The Broadway years -- And beyond: Saroyan's later writings.".
- catalog title "The world of William Saroyan / Nona Balakian.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".