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- catalog abstract ""A literary biography is a life in the context of literary works. ... This literary biography examines Foote's life, career, and best plays in a single volume. [It] begins with chapters on Foote's early life, then moves to plays written for the New York theatre. Next [it] examines his teleplays composed during the Golden Age of Television in the early 1950s. A biographical chapter based on his letters follows. After noting his screenwritings in original works and adaptations for the movies and television, [it] recounts his triumphant return to the theatre from the 1970s to the 1990s. Foote's life provides the framework for analyzing the development of his art and thought in the leading plays."--The preface, p. ix-x.".
- catalog contributor b12804061.
- catalog coverage "Texas Biography.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""A literary biography is a life in the context of literary works. ... This literary biography examines Foote's life, career, and best plays in a single volume. [It] begins with chapters on Foote's early life, then moves to plays written for the New York theatre. Next [it] examines his teleplays composed during the Golden Age of Television in the early 1950s. A biographical chapter based on his letters follows. After noting his screenwritings in original works and adaptations for the movies and television, [it] recounts his triumphant return to the theatre from the 1970s to the 1990s. Foote's life provides the framework for analyzing the development of his art and thought in the leading plays."--The preface, p. ix-x.".
- catalog description "1. Foote and Wharton, Texas -- 2. Formative Years and the Call of Acting -- 3. Finding a Vocation: From Acting to Writing -- 4. Texas Playwright on Broadway and Tennessee Williams -- 5. Return to Broadway: The Chase -- 6. The Golden Age of Television -- 7. The Trip to Bountiful: Three Versions -- 8. Christian Science -- 9. People and Themes -- 10. Country Music: The Traveling Lady, Baby, the Rain Must Fall, and Tender Mercies -- 11. Adaptations of Harper Lee, Faulkner, O'Connor, and Steinbeck -- 12. The Orphans' Home Cycle, Part 1 -- 13. The Orphans' Home Cycle, Part 2 -- 14. One-Acts of the 1980s: Disintegrating Homes and Displaced Persons -- 15. Greek Tragedy and Full-Length Plays across the Hudson -- 16. Amazing Climax: The Young Man from Atlanta -- Conclusion: The Achievement of Horton Foote.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-270) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 277 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Horton Foote.".
- catalog identifier "0292791607 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Horton Foote.".
- catalog isPartOf "Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 9.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 9".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Austin : University of Texas Press,".
- catalog relation "Horton Foote.".
- catalog spatial "Texas Biography.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "812/.54 B 21".
- catalog subject "Dramatists, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Foote, Horton.".
- catalog subject "PS3511.O344 Z94 2003".
- catalog subject "Screenwriters United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Foote and Wharton, Texas -- 2. Formative Years and the Call of Acting -- 3. Finding a Vocation: From Acting to Writing -- 4. Texas Playwright on Broadway and Tennessee Williams -- 5. Return to Broadway: The Chase -- 6. The Golden Age of Television -- 7. The Trip to Bountiful: Three Versions -- 8. Christian Science -- 9. People and Themes -- 10. Country Music: The Traveling Lady, Baby, the Rain Must Fall, and Tender Mercies -- 11. Adaptations of Harper Lee, Faulkner, O'Connor, and Steinbeck -- 12. The Orphans' Home Cycle, Part 1 -- 13. The Orphans' Home Cycle, Part 2 -- 14. One-Acts of the 1980s: Disintegrating Homes and Displaced Persons -- 15. Greek Tragedy and Full-Length Plays across the Hudson -- 16. Amazing Climax: The Young Man from Atlanta -- Conclusion: The Achievement of Horton Foote.".
- catalog title "Horton Foote : a literary biography / Charles S. Watson.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".