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- catalog abstract ""In this deeply felt biography, Ashby Bland Crowder treats in near definitive fashion one of southern literature's unjustly neglected masters. In superb novels such as Home from the Hill, The Ordways, and Proud Flesh as well as in the brilliant story collections The Last Husband and A Time and a Place, William Humphrey (1924-1997) created an imaginary East Texas Red River County, conjuring the speech and life rhythms of his native territory with artistic genius." "Crowder's lyrical blending of biographical fact and incisive analysis corrects a mistaken view that Humphrey was among those writers mired in the pious cult of southern delusional remembrance. From early short fiction set in a New York commuter village through late works of the Northeast, such as Hostages to Fortune and September Song, Humphrey allowed himself a psychic distance from the South that fueled an unsparing critique of its myths - exemplified by the fierce deconstruction of Texas heroes found in his last novel, No Resting Place." "Wakeful Anguish is among the first books about William Humphrey and will be greeted as one of the finest. Marshaling unpublished archival letters, interviews with persons who knew Humphrey at different stages in his life, and private correspondence and conversations between Humphrey and himself, Crowder achieves something rare in literary biography: a portrait that reveals both the sustained suffering in an author's life and work and his exultation in the triumph of his art."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13113229.
- catalog coverage "Red River County (Tex.) Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Red River County (Tex.) In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Texas Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Crowder's lyrical blending of biographical fact and incisive analysis corrects a mistaken view that Humphrey was among those writers mired in the pious cult of southern delusional remembrance. From early short fiction set in a New York commuter village through late works of the Northeast, such as Hostages to Fortune and September Song, Humphrey allowed himself a psychic distance from the South that fueled an unsparing critique of its myths - exemplified by the fierce deconstruction of Texas heroes found in his last novel, No Resting Place."".
- catalog description ""In this deeply felt biography, Ashby Bland Crowder treats in near definitive fashion one of southern literature's unjustly neglected masters. In superb novels such as Home from the Hill, The Ordways, and Proud Flesh as well as in the brilliant story collections The Last Husband and A Time and a Place, William Humphrey (1924-1997) created an imaginary East Texas Red River County, conjuring the speech and life rhythms of his native territory with artistic genius."".
- catalog description ""Wakeful Anguish is among the first books about William Humphrey and will be greeted as one of the finest. Marshaling unpublished archival letters, interviews with persons who knew Humphrey at different stages in his life, and private correspondence and conversations between Humphrey and himself, Crowder achieves something rare in literary biography: a portrait that reveals both the sustained suffering in an author's life and work and his exultation in the triumph of his art."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "From Red River County to New York City -- First stories-North and South -- Walking into oblivion -- Look away! Look away! -- Wind without rain -- As Edwina lay dying -- A palpable darkness -- The red and the white -- Senescence, illness, and death.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-384) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 403 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0807128872 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Southern literary studies".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Red River County (Tex.) Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Red River County (Tex.) In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Texas Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "Texas Red River County.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 B 22".
- catalog subject "Authors, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Authors, American Homes and haunts Texas Red River County.".
- catalog subject "Humphrey, William.".
- catalog subject "PS3558.U448 Z64 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "From Red River County to New York City -- First stories-North and South -- Walking into oblivion -- Look away! Look away! -- Wind without rain -- As Edwina lay dying -- A palpable darkness -- The red and the white -- Senescence, illness, and death.".
- catalog title "Wakeful anguish : a literary biography of William Humphrey / Ashby Bland Crowder.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".