Susan Cheever
Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
p2007
Edition
Library ed.
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Even the most devoted readers of nineteenth-century American literature often assume that the men and women behind the masterpieces were as dull and staid as the era's static daguerreotypes. Susan Cheever's latest work, however, brings new life to the well-known literary personages who produced such cherished works as The Scarlet Letter, Moby-Dick, Walden, and Little Women. Rendering in full color the tumultuous, often scandalous lives of these volatile...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A major reassessment of the life and work of the novelist, painter, and playwright considered to be one of America's preeminent twentieth-century poets. Cummings was and remains controversial--called "a master" or "hideous." In Susan Cheever's rich biography we see his idyllic childhood years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his sternly religious father and his loving, attentive mother. We see Cummings--slight, agile, playful, a product of a nineteenth-century...