Truman Capote
Capote, Truman - käpōˈtē, 1924–84, American author, b. New Orleans. His fictional writings reflect a private, imaginative world of narcissistic yet strangely innocent people. Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948), his first novel, is the story of a young boy's painful search for identity. His other works include another novel, The Grass Harp (1951); two collections of Read More...
Capote, Truman - käpōˈtē, 1924–84, American author, b. New Orleans. His fictional writings reflect a private, imaginative world of narcissistic yet strangely innocent people. Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948), his first novel, is the story of a young boy's painful search for identity. His other works include another novel, The Grass Harp (1951); two collections of short stories, Tree of Night (1949) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958); a report of his trip to Russia, The Muses Are Heard (1956); and two collections of nonfiction pieces, The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places (1973) and Music for Chameleons (1980). In 1966, Capote published his "nonfiction novel," In Cold Blood, a chilling account of a senseless, brutal mass murder in Kansas. Fragments of his last major work, Unanswered Prayers, were collected in 1990. See memoirs by D. Windham (1983) and J. Dunphy (1987); biographies by G. Clarke (1986) and G. Plimpton (1997); study by H. S. Garson (1980). The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved. |
Truman Capote
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One of the most controversial American authors of the twentieth century, Truman Capote is best known as the author of In Cold Blood (1966), a work of literary journalism that recounts the slaughter of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959. But he also wrote numerous short stories, dozens of nonfiction pieces for popular magazines, several other novels, and some works for Hollywood and Broadway. Since his death in 1984, scholarly interest in his writings has grown considerably. This volume traces the critical reception of his works. Included are previously published reviews and essays, along with some pieces written specifically for this book. The volume is divided into several sections on broad topics. Each section is organized chronologically and traces both the development of Capote's talents and the evolution of critical attitudes toward his work. A comprehensive introduction charts the history of Capote's critical reception, and extensive bibliographic material records the present state of scholarship.
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Sentenced to Death: The American Novel and Capital Punishment (Chap. Five "Truman Capote's In Cold Blood: The Novel as Prison")
by David Guest. 179 pgs.
Literature that spotlights real-life punitive justice in America.
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The Modern American Novel of Violence ("Truman Capote's In Cold Blood" begins on p. 85)
by Patrick W. Shaw. 220 pgs.
"An addendum to W. M. Frohock's 'The Novel of Violence in America, 1920-1950' (1950), Shaw's volume further defines violence and provides lengthy essays on a novel by each of eight authors not covered by Frohock—Porter, Capote. Vonnegut, Doctorow, McCarthy, Morrison, Selby, and Ellis. . . . Students and scholars dealing with any of the writers Shaw covers will appreciate his detailed essays on specific novels. Recommended for libraries supporting coursework in the modern novel at the upper-division undergraduate level and above."—Choice
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Fifty Southern Writers after 1900: A Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook ("Truman Capote (1924-1984)" begins on p. 99)
by Joseph M. Flora, Robert Bain. 630 pgs.
..."The scholarship is meticulous and the essays are lucid and perceptive..." Library Journal
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A Sourcebook of American Literary Journalism: Representative Writers in an Emerging Genre ("Truman Capote" begins on p. 239)
by Thomas B. Connery. 410 pgs.
..."This book promises to be a useful reference source and would be a welcome addition to public and high school libraries....The book's focus makes it unique..." Booklist
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The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story ("Truman Capote (1924-1984)" begins on p. 184)
by Blanche H. Gelfant, Lawrence Graver. 660 pgs.
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The Art of Southern Fiction: A Study of Some Modern Novelists (1967) (Discussion of Truman Capote begins on p. 118)
by Frederick J. Hoffman. 200 pgs.
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New American Gothic (1962) (Includes discussion of Truman Capote in multiple chapters)
by Irving Malin. 175 pgs.
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After the Lost Generation: A Critical Study of the Writers of Two Wars (1951) (Chap. XIII "Capote and Buechner: The Escape into Otherness")
by John W. Aldridge. 268 pgs.
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In My Opinion: An Inquiry into the Contemporary Novel (1952) (Chap. VII "The Young Decadents: Capote, Bowles, Buechner, Goyen, Williams, Yorke")
by Orville Prescott. 262 pgs.
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