Texas Literary Outlaws : Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond.

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At the height of the sixties, a group of Texas writers stood apart from Texas? conservative establishment. Calling themselves the Mad Dogs, these six writers?Bud Shrake, Larry L. King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Dan Jenkins, and Peter Gent?closely observed the effects of the Vietnam War; th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Steven L., 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : TCU Press, 2017.
Temas:
Cartwright, Gary, > 1934-2017.
Brammer, Billy Lee.
King, Larry L.
Shrake, Edwin.
Jenkins, Dan.
Gent, Peter.
Brammer, Billy Lee
Cartwright, Gary, > 1934-2017
Gent, Peter
Jenkins, Dan
Shrake, Edwin
1900-1999
American literature > Texas > History and criticism.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts > Texas.
Écrivains américains > Résidences et lieux familiers > Texas.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Authors, American > Homes and haunts
Intellectual life
Literature
Texas > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Texas > In literature.
Texas > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Texas > Dans la littérature.
Texas
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Texas Literary Outlaws
  • Part One: Coming of Age in Texas
  • Chapter 1: A Rebel in West Texas
  • Chapter 2: A Texas Oasis
  • Chapter 3: The Gay Place
  • Chapter 4: Fort Worth's New Journalism
  • Chapter 5: The Texas Beats
  • Chapter 6: Big D Meets the Flying Punzars
  • Chapter 7: A Gathering Force
  • Chapter 8: A Long Way from Beaumont
  • Chapter 9: Dallas, 1963
  • Part Two: Too Much Ain't Enough
  • Chapter 10: A New Beginning
  • Chapter 11: The Doors of Perception
  • Chapter 12: Literary Comanches
  • Chapter 13: These Happy Occasions
  • Chapter 14: The One-Eyed ManChapter 15: Cowboys and Indians
  • Chapter 16: Harper's on the Rise
  • Chapter 17: Obscure Famous Arthurs
  • Chapter 18: Absurdism in the Southwest
  • Chapter 19: Busted in the Oasis
  • Chapter 20: Harvard's White Racist
  • Chapter 21: Land of the Permanent Wave
  • Chapter 22: Mad Dog, Texas
  • Chapter 23: King's Road
  • Chapter 24: Outlaws
  • Chapter 25: Hack Observations and Literary Feuds
  • Chapter 26: Redneck Hippies
  • Chapter 27: Strange Peaches
  • Chapter 28: Semi-Tough
  • Part Three: Texas ... Chic?
  • Chapter 29: A New View of TexasChapter 30: The Cowboy Professor
  • Chapter 31: Live Music Capital
  • Chapter 32: North Dallas Forty
  • Chapter 33: The Regenerator Erection Laboratory
  • Chapter 34: Challenging Texas
  • Chapter 35: Changes at Sports Illustrated
  • Chapter 36: Texas's Gonzo Journalist
  • Chapter 37: Texas Brain Fry
  • Chapter 38: LBJ, Speed, and Paranoia
  • Chapter 39: Hollywood vs. Sports Illustrated
  • Chapter 40: Whorehouse
  • Chapter 41: A Fraction of His Talent
  • Chapter 42: Measures of Success
  • Chapter 43: Hitting the Wall
  • Chapter 44: A RecoveryChapter 45: Ever a Bridegroom
  • Chapter 46: Third Coast
  • Chapter 47: Faces in the Fire
  • Part Four: How Time Slips Away
  • Chapter 48: Jenkins
  • Chapter 49: King
  • Chapter 50: Cartwright
  • Chapter 51: Shrake
  • Chapter 52: Doing Indefinable Services to Mankind
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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