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Literary Alchemist: The Writing Life of Evan S. Connell
University of Missouri Press, 2021 eISBN: 978-0-8262-7464-9 | Cloth: 978-0-8262-2246-6 | Paper: 978-0-8262-2271-8 Library of Congress Classification PS3553.O5 Dewey Decimal Classification 813.54
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Winner, 2022 Society of Midland Authors award for Biography/Memoir Evan S. Connell (1924–2013) emerged from the American Midwest determined to become a writer. He eventually made his mark with attention-getting fiction and deep explorations into history. His linked novels Mrs. Bridge (1959) and Mr. Bridge (1969) paint a devastating portrait of the lives of a prosperous suburban family not unlike his own that, more than a half century later, continue to haunt readers with their minimalist elegance and muted satire. As an essayist and historian, Connell produced a wide range of work, including a sumptuous body of travel writing, a bestselling epic account of Custer at the Little Bighorn, and a singular series of meditations on history and the human tragedy. See other books on: 1924-2013 | Authors, American | Literary Figures | Modern | Writing Life See other titles from University of Missouri Press |
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Literary Alchemist: The Writing Life of Evan S. Connell
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University of Missouri Press, 2021
eISBN: 978-0-8262-7464-9
Cloth: 978-0-8262-2246-6
Paper: 978-0-8262-2271-8
eISBN: 978-0-8262-7464-9
Cloth: 978-0-8262-2246-6
Paper: 978-0-8262-2271-8
Winner, 2022 Society of Midland Authors award for Biography/Memoir
Evan S. Connell (1924–2013) emerged from the American Midwest determined to become a writer. He eventually made his mark with attention-getting fiction and deep explorations into history. His linked novels Mrs. Bridge (1959) and Mr. Bridge (1969) paint a devastating portrait of the lives of a prosperous suburban family not unlike his own that, more than a half century later, continue to haunt readers with their minimalist elegance and muted satire. As an essayist and historian, Connell produced a wide range of work, including a sumptuous body of travel writing, a bestselling epic account of Custer at the Little Bighorn, and a singular series of meditations on history and the human tragedy.
This first portrait and appraisal of an under-recognized American writer is based on personal accounts by friends, relatives, writers, and others who knew him; extensive correspondence in library archives; and insightful literary and cultural analysis of Connell’s work and its context. It also illuminates aspects of American publishing, Hollywood, male anxieties, and the power of place.
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