The Complete American Fantasies - Softcover

Schevill, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804009902 ISBN 13: 9780804009904

Publisher: Swallow Press, 1996

Synopsis

Book by Schevill, James

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book covers each decade from 1920 to 1990, spanning the poet's lifetime thus far. In poetry and prose entwining his personal history with crucial episodes of American history during that period, Schevill seeks to create an epical design in which one dimension dramatically mirrors the other. In effect the design follows the various probing progress of Melville, Poe, Whitman, and Twain, where fables and desires experienced in their lives were measured against those of the nation. Schevill's aims document the politics and history, including wars and depressions, of an America foundering in attempts to fulfill its promise and find its identity in the modern world.

About the Author:

James Schevill is a poet, playwright, and Emeritus Professor of English at Brown University. He has published numerous collections of poetry, many plays which have been produced in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and a novel based on his experiences in World War II. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, Margot.

About this edition

• Publisher: Swallow Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0804009902
• ISBN 13: 9780804009904
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354