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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

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The Critical Response to Truman Capote » Read Now
by Joseph J. Waldmeir. 249 pgs.

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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...
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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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Boundless Hearts in a Nightmare World: Queer Sentimentalism and Southern Gothicism in Truman Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms, in The Mississippi Quarterly » Read Now
by William White Tison Pugh. 20 pgs.

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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") » Read Now
by David Guest. 179 pgs.

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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) » Read Now
by Patrick W. Shaw. 220 pgs.

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"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. . . ...
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"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) » Read Now
by Joseph M. Flora, Robert Bain. 630 pgs.

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..."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) » Read Now
by Thomas B. Connery. 410 pgs.

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..."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) » Read Now
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) » Read Now
by Frederick J. Hoffman. 200 pgs.

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...CROSSCURRENTS Modern Critiques -ii- Frederick J. Hoffman The Art of Southern Fiction A STUDY OF SOME MODERN NOVELISTS WITH A PREFACE BY Harry T. Moore...
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The Writer Observed (1956) ("Truman Capote" begins on p. 235) » Read Now
by Harvey Breit. 290 pgs.

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...DYLAN THOMAS 231 TRUMAN CAPOTE 235 C. S. FORESTER...reader , I hedged. Or in the Truman Capote interview, I literally was worried...was behind my request for Mr. Capote to...
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New American Gothic (1962) (Includes discussion of Truman Capote in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Irving Malin. 175 pgs.

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...deals with in the present book: Truman Capote, James Purdy, Flannery OConnor...early to attempt a judgment. Truman Capote has talent, but he too often...Night and Other...
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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") » Read Now
by John W. Aldridge. 268 pgs.

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...Vance Bourjaily, Merle Miller, Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, and Frederick Buechner...Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote and The Young Lions by...184 XIII. Capote and...
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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") » Read Now
by Orville Prescott. 262 pgs.

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...Comrades of the Coterie: Henry Green, Compton- Burnett, Bowen, Graham Greene 92 7. The Young Decadents: Capote, Bowles, Buechner, Goyen, Williams, Yorke 110 8. Popularity:...