James Whitcomb Riley A Life |
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| Author:
| van Van Allen, Elizabeth J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-33591-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1999 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.59 |
Book Description:
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"... a thorough biography that should supplant all previous attempts to understand the man." --H-Net Reviews
"... new, thorough and highly readable... " --Indianapolis Star
Few literary figures have achieved the fame of James Whitcomb Riley, the most popular poet in America at the end of the 19th century--the height of his career. Legends and rumors either elevate Riley as a hero who gave Hoosiers pride of place, or denigrate him as a drunken author of...
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"... a thorough biography that should supplant all previous attempts to understand the man." --H-Net Reviews
"... new, thorough and highly readable... " --Indianapolis Star
Few literary figures have achieved the fame of James Whitcomb Riley, the most popular poet in America at the end of the 19th century--the height of his career. Legends and rumors either elevate Riley as a hero who gave Hoosiers pride of place, or denigrate him as a drunken author of Victorian doggerel. In this first serious modern biography of Riley, Van Allen sifts facts from fiction to paint the truest portrait of this controversial poet.