This first book-length study of Hawkes's novels, short stories, and plays seeks to remedy this lack.' *************************************************** Said novelist Paul West about this book : 'Through a combination of patient exegesis and unforced critical sympathy, Busch elicits the man's development as a writer. Sometimes called a 'writer's writer', Hawkes has been abundantly praised and condemned, but rarely appreciated. ********************************************************** Excerpted from the jacket blurb: ' The work of the controversial American writer John Hawkes has evoked extreme responses from literary critics and students since his first novel was published in 1949. Professor Blackmore was, incidentally, an expert on the writings of R. Blackmore, author of 'Lorna Doone' and other novels. This copy was signed and inscribed by Busch to Professor Robert Blackmore ( March 1973 / To Bob Blackmore : / Salut! / Fred Busch) Professor Blackmore was a descendant of R. It is the 1973 First Edition, published by Syracuse University Press. This is 'Hawkes - A Guide to His Fictions' by Frederick Busch. With a partial split near the front of the book (which doesn't affect the overall soundness of the binding) and chafing to leather at spine ends, otherwise an attractive, tightly-bound, clean copy. In Everyman's style 1 maroon flexible leatherette variant binding with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt titling & floral decorations to cover and spine, ornate Knowles woodcut illustrations to title and frontis pages and to endpapers, top edge gilt, fragile sewn-in silk ribbon placemarker and rounded corners. Entry 304 in Everyman's Library Fiction series. Edited and with an introduction by Ernest Rhys. The author had trouble getting the novel published, but once available it became tremendously popular and has stayed in print ever since.

Blackmore's famous historical romance, which is set in the 17th century and was first published in 1869. An undated, likely first Everyman's Library edition, 1908, of R.

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