Bronx Accent: A Literary and Pictorial History of the Borough

Lloyd Ultan

ISBN 10: 0813538629 / ISBN 13: 9780813538624

Published by Rutgers University Press, 2006

Seller Inventory # Hafa_fresh_0813538629

Synopsis:

For the last three hundred years, and through all its social and economic transformations, The Bronx has been a major literary center that many prominent writers have called home.

Bringing together a variety of past literary figures as well as emerging talents, this comprehensive book captures the Zeitgeist of the neighborhood through the eyes of its writers. Included are selections from the writings of Jack Kerouac, Mark Twain, James Baldwin, James Fenimore Cooper, Tom Wolfe, Herman Wouk, Theodore Dreiser, Washington Irving, Clifford Odets, Cynthia Ozick, Grace Paley, Edgar Allan Poe, Chaim Potok, Kate Simon, Leon Trotsky, and Sholem Aleichem.

Lloyd Ultan and Barbara Unger place the literature of these and other writers in historical context and reproduce one hundred vintage photographs that bring the writings to life. Filtered through the imaginations of authors of different times, ethnic groups, social classes, and literary styles, the borough of The Bronx emerges not only as a shaper of destinies and lives, but as an important literary mecca.

From the Back Cover: Some writers included in Bronx Accent:

SHOLEM ALEICHEM

JAMES BALDWIN

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER

THEODORE DREISER

WASHINGTON IRVING

JACK KEROUAC

CLIFFORD ODETS

CYNTHIA OZICK

GRACE PALEY

EDGAR ALLAN POE

CHAIM POTOK

KATE SIMON

LEON TROTSKY

MARK TWAIN

TOM WOLFE

HERMAN WOUK

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bronx Accent: A Literary and Pictorial ...
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: new