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William Dean Howells: An American life

LYNN, Kenneth S.

Biographies & Memoirs

Harcourt

Far too many of our current commentators on the American past are out of touch with historical reality, Kenneth S. Lynn demonstrates in 'The Air-Line to Seattle.' Instead of showing respect for the evidence they profess to study, they keep imposing precooked formulas upon it, formulas which tell us far more about the commentators' own sensibilities than about America.

Air-Line to Seattle

Literature & Fiction

University of Chicago Press

In this controversial, wide-ranging, and fearlessly candid book, Kenneth S. Lynn argues that too many of our current commentators on the American past are out of touch with historical reality. His targets range from the currently fashionable but fantastic idea that the Declaration of Independence derives from a communitarian rather than individualistic philosophy to misinterpretations of the lives of Emerson, Walter Lippmann, Hemingway, and Max Perkins. In each case Lynn reveals the tendency of literary and intellectual historians to impose precooked formulas upon the evidence they profess to study.

The Air-Line to Seattle

History

Americas

Designs for Reading: Short Stories

Houghton Mifflin College Div.

Ernest Hemingway was a mythic figure of overt masculinity and vibrant literary genius. He lived life on an epic scale, presenting to the world a character as compelling as the fiction he created. But behind it all lurked an insecure, troubled man. Now, in this immensely powerful and revealing study, Kenneth S. Lynn penetrates the Hemingway persona and explores the many tragic facets that both nurtured his work and eroded his life.

Hemingway

Arts & Literature

Ballantine Books

Traces Hemingway's life, attempts to depict his complex personality, and analyzes the autobiographical aspects of his fiction

HEMINGWAY: LIFE & WORK

Professionals & Academics

Simon&Schuster

Ernest Hemingway was a mythic figure of overt masculinity and vibrant literary genius. He lived life on an epic scale, presenting to the world a character as compelling as the fiction he created. But behind it all lurked an insecure, troubled man. In this immensely powerful and revealing study, Kenneth S. Lynn explores the many tragic facets that both nurtured Hemingway’s work and eroded his life. Masterfully written, Hemingway brings to life the writer whose desperate struggle to exorcise his demons produced some of the greatest American fiction of this century.

Harvard University Press

A portrait of Charlie Chaplin discusses the life and times of a comedic genius whose role masked a complex, sometimes tragic and turbulent, personal life

Charlie Chaplin and His Times

Charlie Chaplin and His Times: Library Edition

Humor & Entertainment

Blackstone Pub

Examining the legendary actor's life, art, and controversial politics within the context of their times, Lynn presents a fresh and definitive portrait of Chaplin.

Cooper Square Press

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William Dean Howells: An American life

Air-Line to Seattle

The Air-Line to Seattle

Designs for Reading: Short Stories

Hemingway

HEMINGWAY: LIFE & WORK

Hemingway

Charlie Chaplin and His Times

Charlie Chaplin and His Times: Library Edition

Charlie Chaplin and His Times