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- catalog abstract "From 1947 to 1949, William Styron twice attempted to write a novel under the working title Inheritance of Night. On the third attempt he produced the award-winning Lie Down in Darkness, which when published in September 1951 established him as one of the most promising writers of his generation. Published here, in facsimile form, are the long-lost drafts of Styron's earliest version of Lie Down in Darkness. Although Styron began the narrative twice, he realized both times that his writing was derivative and his characters not yet fully conceived. These drafts show young Styron feeling his way into the story with various narrative voices and strategies, attempting to work out his plot. Influences from William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Robert Penn Warren are apparent in the text, and there is a character named Marcus Bonner who is an early rendition of Stingo in Sophie's Choice. The typescript drafts of Inheritance of Night for many years were thought to have been lost, but in 1980 were discovered in the files of one of Styron's former literary agents. These drafts eventually made their way to the archive of Styron's papers assembled at Duke University Library. This general interest trade volume is also available in two different limited editions for collectors: a lettered, signed, and boxed edition and a numbered, signed edition. With a preface by Styron and an introduction by James L.W. West III, these drafts afford much insight into the creation of Lie Down in Darkness and the writing of a major twentieth-century American writer.".
- catalog contributor b4105146.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "From 1947 to 1949, William Styron twice attempted to write a novel under the working title Inheritance of Night. On the third attempt he produced the award-winning Lie Down in Darkness, which when published in September 1951 established him as one of the most promising writers of his generation. Published here, in facsimile form, are the long-lost drafts of Styron's earliest version of Lie Down in Darkness. Although Styron began the narrative twice, he realized both times that his writing was derivative and his characters not yet fully conceived. These drafts show young Styron feeling his way into the story with various narrative voices and strategies, attempting to work out his plot. Influences from William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Robert Penn Warren are apparent in the text, and there is a character named Marcus Bonner who is an early rendition of Stingo in Sophie's Choice. The typescript drafts of Inheritance of Night for many years were thought to have been lost, but in 1980 were discovered in the files of one of Styron's former literary agents. These drafts eventually made their way to the archive of Styron's papers assembled at Duke University Library. This general interest trade volume is also available in two different limited editions for collectors: a lettered, signed, and boxed edition and a numbered, signed edition. With a preface by Styron and an introduction by James L.W. West III, these drafts afford much insight into the creation of Lie Down in Darkness and the writing of a major twentieth-century American writer.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Prospectus (Winter 1947-48) -- Typescript I: First Beginning (Winter 1947-48) -- Typescript II: Second Beginning (Fall 1948) -- Typescript III: Continuation of Second Beginning (Spring 1949) -- Description of the Documents.".
- catalog extent "xix, 139 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Inheritance of night.".
- catalog identifier "0822313081 (lettered ed. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "082231309X (numbered ed. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0822313103 (trade ed. : alk. paper))".
- catalog isFormatOf "Inheritance of night.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Durham, NC : Duke University Press,".
- catalog relation "Inheritance of night.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "Manuscripts, American Facsimiles.".
- catalog subject "PS3569.T9 I54 1993".
- catalog subject "Styron, William, 1925-2006 Manuscripts Facsimiles.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prospectus (Winter 1947-48) -- Typescript I: First Beginning (Winter 1947-48) -- Typescript II: Second Beginning (Fall 1948) -- Typescript III: Continuation of Second Beginning (Spring 1949) -- Description of the Documents.".
- catalog title "Inheritance of night : early drafts of Lie down in darkness / William Styron ; with a preface by the author and an introduction by James L. W. West III.".
- catalog type "Facsimiles. fast".
- catalog type "Manuscripts. fast".
- catalog type "text".