A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses
Why is it that we visit writers' houses? Although admittedly skeptical about the stories these buildings tell us about their former inhabitants, Anne Trubek carries us along as she falls at least a little bit in love with each stop on her itinerary and finds in each some truth about literature,...
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Why is it that we visit writers' houses? Although admittedly skeptical about the stories these buildings tell us about their former inhabitants, Anne Trubek carries us along as she falls at least a little bit in love with each stop on her itinerary and finds in each some truth about literature, history, and contemporary America.
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780812242928 (0812242920)
ASIN: 9780812242928
Publish date: 04-10-2010
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages no: 165
Edition language: English
The author starts with an opening essay on the "irrational allure of writers' houses," and then highlights visits to a number of writers' houses (although there's usually more to each chapter than writer named in the chapter). There's a list of writers' houses open to the public at the end, and foot...
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