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There are many ways to show our devotion to an author besides reading his or her works. Graves make for popular pilgrimage sites, but far more popular are writers' house museums. What is it we hope to accomplish by trekking to the home of a dead author? We may go in search of the point of inspi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trubek, Anne, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2011.
Temas:
American literature > Appreciation > United States.
Authors and readers > United States.
Literary landmarks > United States.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts.
Littérature américaine > Appréciation > États-Unis.
Écrivains et lecteurs > États-Unis.
Écrivains > Résidences et lieux familiers > États-Unis.
Écrivains américains > Résidences et lieux familiers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers.
American literature > Appreciation
Authors, American > Homes and haunts
Authors and readers
Literary landmarks
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The irrational allure of writers' houses
  • Trying to find Whitman in Camden
  • Never the Twain shall meet
  • The Concord pilgrimage
  • Hemingway's breadcrumb trail
  • Not that Tom Wolfe
  • Best-laid plans at Jack London State Historic Park
  • The compensation of Paul Laurence Dunbar
  • Poe houses and arrested decay
  • At home with Charles Chesnutt and Langston Hughes
  • American writers' houses open to the public.

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