Darwin Payne

Owen Wister

Chronicler of the West, Gentleman of the East

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Produktbeschreibung

Darwin Payne is professor emeritus of communications at Southern Methodist University and the author of several books, including Quest for Justice: Louis A. Bedford Jr. and the Struggle for Equal Rights in Texas and Indomitable Sarah: The Life of Judge Sarah T. Hughes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780803237698
• ISBN-10: 0803237693
• Artikelnr.: 33619742

Autorenporträt

Darwin Payne is professor emeritus of communications at Southern Methodist University and the author of several books, including Quest for Justice: Louis A. Bedford Jr. and the Struggle for Equal Rights in Texas and Indomitable Sarah: The Life of Judge Sarah T. Hughes.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part One
THE MUSICAL PRODIGY
I. A Gentleman Born (1860-1878)
II. Harvard, Class of '82 (1878-1882)
III. The European Judgment (1882-1883)
IV. A Boston Stopover (1883-1885)
V. Discovery (1885)
Part Two
THE WESTERN STORYTELLER
VI. An Uncertain Scholar (1885-1888)
VII. Western Storyteller (1889-1892)
VIII. In Search of Material (1892-1895)
IX. Fame and Marriage (1895-1898)
X. Overnight Celebrity (1899-1902)
XI. "The Virginian" on Broadway (1903-1904)
XII. A Novel of Manners (1904-1906)
Part Three
THE CURMUDGEON
XIII. In the Public Arena (1907-1908)
XIV. Tribulations (1909-1914)
XV. The Curmudgeon Unveiled (1914-1923)
XVI. Entanglements (1923-1938)
Notes
Index