The Leafless American and Other Writings (Recovered Classics Series) - Softcover

Dahlberg, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0914232800 ISBN 13: 9780914232803

Publisher: McPherson, 1986

Synopsis

Edited with an Introduction by Harold Billings. Preface by Robert Creely. Afterword by Gerald Burns.

Rabble articles and labor squandered in creating them hardens the heart. Nations that are rich in parasitic goods are poor in spirit. Thus Edward Dahlberg in one of these essays. Praised for developing a prose style that is, in Paul Carroll's words, "a weapon of rage and authority...monumental and astonishing," his work is unsettling as he confronts the American psyche and morality, its declevities and hollow ambitions. This book is an excellent introduction to Dahlberg's enduring vision and exemplifies the several modes in which he excelled: autobiography, literary sketch, principled diatribe, poetry of conscience.

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About the Author

Edward Dahlberg (1900-1977) spent his early years in Kansas City, Missouri. Later he attended the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia University. A "proletarian" novelist in the 30's (who experienced "Kristalnacht" first hand in Berlin), after From Flushing to Calvary he went into a period of seclusion. Thereafter, his writings were primarily autobiographical, including the famous Because I Was Flesh.

Reviews

The author of Because I Was Flesh and The Sorrows of Priapus, Dahlberg, who died in 1977, here contributes essays on Stephen Crane, Sherwood Anderson and Nietzsche and discusses modern morals, sexuality, Spain and his hometown, Kaansas City. This is a handy introduction to the author's works.
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Edition details

• Publisher: McPherson
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0914232800
• ISBN 13: 9780914232803
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Billings Harold