Truman Capote (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) [Hardcover]

Carlo Natali (Author), Harold Bloom (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003 | Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Views

By the age of 21, Truman Capote was seen as the most promising young talent of 1945. His masterpiece, In Cold Blood, proved to be an amalgamation of his journalistic talent, his astute observations, and his skill at creating lifelike dialogue and characterizations. Learn more about Capote with this edition of Bloom's Modern Critical Views.

This title, Truman Capote, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Truman Capote through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Truman Capote, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up--This title follows the familiar series format of offering an introduction by Yale professor Bloom and a number of essays by noted scholars criticizing and interpreting several works by the writer. Capote is the subject of numerous biographies and hundreds of essays in literary journals. This book combines eight scholarly essays on his key works and analyzes them in relationship to the psychosexual influences in his life and the political and historical activities of the time. This book will be appreciated by serious literature students. Also, a forthcoming movie called Every Word Is True focuses on Capote's relationship with the two killers featured in one of his best-known works, In Cold Blood, and may kindle renewed interest in the author's body of work as a whole.--Susan Riley, Mount Kisco Public Library, NY
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791073971
• ISBN-13: 978-0791073971
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,541,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)