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Saroyan, William - səroiˈən, 1908–81, American author, b. Fresno, Calif. Of Armenian background and extremely prolific, he created works that combine optimism, sentimentality, and a rhapsodic love of country. These include plays such as The Time of Your Life (1939; Pulitzer Prize), My Heart's in the Highlands (1939), and The Cave Dwellers (1957); novels, including The

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William Saroyan: A Research and Production Sourcebook » Read Now
by Jon Whitmore. 274 pgs.

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William Saroyan, one of the most prolific writers in America, is profiled in this book with a broad range of information about his life in the theatre. A critical overview assesses Saroyan's contribution to drama, and entries for his plays include plot summaries, production information, and...
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William Saroyan, one of the most prolific writers in America, is profiled in this book with a broad range of information about his life in the theatre. A critical overview assesses Saroyan's contribution to drama, and entries for his plays include plot summaries, production information, and commentary. Annotated primary and secondary bibliographies list Saroyan's published works, production reviews, and other writings about his work in the theatre.
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Three Plays: My Heart's in the Highlands, The Time of Your Life, Love's Old Sweet Song » Read Now
by William Saroyan. 474 pgs.

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...LIFE LOVES OLD SWEET SONG By William Saroyan THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE...YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE WILLIAM SAROYAN Three Plays: MY HEARTS...foolish and feeble fantasy...
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Razzle Dazzle » Read Now
by William Saroyan, Arthur Szyk. 510 pgs.

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American Literature and the Dream (Chap. 19 "The Time of William Saroyan's Life") » Read Now
by Frederic I. Carpenter. 222 pgs.

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...19. The Time of William Saroyans Life 176 20...Wolfe, John Steinbeck and William Saroyan. Later chapters on "The Pragmatic...realism. Finally, the novels of William...
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The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story (Discussion of William Saroyan begins on p. 504) » Read Now
by Blanche H. Gelfant, Lawrence Graver. 660 pgs.

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The Boys in the Back Room: Notes on California Novelists ("William Saroyan" begins on p. 23) » Read Now
by Edmund Wilson. 78 pgs.

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...OHARA page 17 WILLIAM SAROYAN page 25 HANS...Richard Hallas, John OHara, William Saroyan, John Steinbeck and Hans...and still expect, more of him. WILLIAM SAROYAN William...
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San Francisco in Fiction: Essays in a Regional Literature (Chap. 6 "William Saroyan and San Francisco: Emergence of a Genius (Self-Proclaimed)") » Read Now
by David Fine, Paul Skenazy. 243 pgs.

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This important collection of essays on the writers who have made Los Angeles one of the great cities of twentieth-century literature has been strengthened by the inclusion of three new essays. John Fante, Walter Mosley, and Chester Himes join such writers as Aldous Huxley, F. Scott Fitzgerald...
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This important collection of essays on the writers who have made Los Angeles one of the great cities of twentieth-century literature has been strengthened by the inclusion of three new essays. John Fante, Walter Mosley, and Chester Himes join such writers as Aldous Huxley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Evelyn Waugh, Nathanael West, Norman Mailer, James M. Cain, Ross Macdonald, Raymond Chandler, Budd Schulberg, Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne, and Thomas Pynchon as well as less familiar writers such as Oscar Zeta Acosta, Horace McCoy, Thomas Sanchez, Marc Norman, and Hysaye Yamamoto in a text that provides a basic literary history of the region. Essays examine such special Los Angeles genres as the detective story and the Hollywood novel, and a chapter is devoted to the film Chinatown.
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Freud on Broadway: A History of Psychoanalysis and the American Drama ("Surrealism--Stein and Saroyan" begins on p. 240) » Read Now
by W. David Sievers. 479 pgs.

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...deeper than this book indicates. Professor William C. deMille, whose own contributions to...as did the astute criticism of Dr. William B. McCoard. To the thirty-three...
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Broadway Scrapbook (Chap. 26 "My Heart's in the Highlands") » Read Now
by Brooks Atkinson. 314 pgs.

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...the Provincetown Players. There were a good many one-act productions in the old Macdougal Street stable before John D. Williams made the first Broadway production of Beyond...
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Classics and Commercials: A Literary Chronicle of the Forties ("William Saroyan and His Darling Old Providence" begins on p. 327) » Read Now
by Edmund Wilson. 536 pgs.

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...Maugham 319 William Saroyan and His Darling Old Providence...Richard Hallas, John OHara, William Saroyan, John Steinbeck and Hans...expect, more of him. 3. William Saroyan...
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Sights and Spectacles, 1937-1956 ("Saroyan, an Innocent on Broadway" begins on p. 46) » Read Now
by Mary McCarthy. 186 pgs.

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...INNOCENT ON BROADWAY March-April 1940 WILLIAM SAROYAN has been in the writing business for eight years...boundaries of the newsboys field of vision. Saroyan is genuine...
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New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook to Our Multicultural Literary Heritage (Chap. 2 "Armenian-American Literature") » Read Now
by Alpana Sharma Knippling. 390 pgs.

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During the last 50 years, writers from immigrant groups have greatly enriched American literature. This reference overviews immigrant literatures in the United States since World War II. Previously underrepresented immigrant literatures, such as Pakistani-American, Korean-American, and...
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During the last 50 years, writers from immigrant groups have greatly enriched American literature. This reference overviews immigrant literatures in the United States since World War II. Previously underrepresented immigrant literatures, such as Pakistani-American, Korean-American, and Mexican-American literatures, are given special attention, and contributors discuss women's writing whenever possible. Each chapter provides a thorough historical and critical discussion and extensive bibliographical information.
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