{"product_id":"stephen-vincent-benet-david-garrett-izzo-9780786413645","title":"Stephen Vincent Benet: Essays on His Life and Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e When Stephen Vincent Benet died in 1943 at the age of 44, all of America mourned the loss. Benet was one of the country's most well known poets of the first half of the twentieth century and as a fiction writer, he had an even larger audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book is a collection of essays celebrating Benet and his writing. The first group of essays addresses Benet's life, times, and personal relationships. Thomas Carr Benet reminisces about his father in the first essay, and others consider Benet's marriage to his wife Rosemary; Archibald MacLeish, Thornton Wilder and Benet as friends, liberal humanists and public activists; and his friendships with Philip Barry, Jed Harris, and Thornton Wilder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The second group contains essays about Benet's poetry, fiction, and drama. They discuss Benet's role in the development of historical poetry in America, \u003ci\u003eJohn Brown's Body\u003c\/i\u003e and the Civil War, Hawthorne, Benet and historical fiction, Benet's Faustian America, the adaptation of \"The Devil and Daniel Webster\" to drama and then to film, Benet's use of fantasy and science fiction, and Benet as a dramatist for stage, screen and radio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Garrett Izzo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786413646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786413645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.02w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2003 pg. 99","brand":"David Garrett Izzo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930569195775,"sku":"9780786413645","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8dae155c-57c3-4a75-98bc-7e78af44b78e.jpg?v=1766342709","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stephen-vincent-benet-david-garrett-izzo-9780786413645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}