William Humphrey, Destroyer of Myths (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781574410440)

Vendor: Bert Almon
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Format: Hardcover
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William Humphrey, Destroyer of Myths

$25.00

William Humphrey, Destroyer of Myths

$25.00
Format: Hardcover
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This is the first full-length study of the life and writings of the Texas novelist, William Humphrey, who died August 21, 1997. Based on research in Humphrey's vast archives at the University of Texas, it provides the first full picture of his life and identifies many untraced sources of his work. The guiding principle is an exploration of Humphrey's satire on life-destroying myths: the myths of the hunter, the South, the cowboy hero, the Depression-era outlaw, and, supremely, the myth of Texas. To his dismay, Humphrey was often seen as a celebrator of these myths.

Author: Bert Almon
ISBN-10: 157441044X
ISBN-13: 9781574410440
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1998
Pages: 462
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 7.33h x 5.41w x 1.44d
By Bert Almon
By Bert Almon
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Bert Almon has taught modern literature and creative writing at the University of Alberta since 1968. He has published eight collections of poetry and a Western Writers Series monograph on Gary Snyder. He held a Mellon Fellowship at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas and a Hawthornden Fellowship in Poetry. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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