Terry Southern and the American Grotesque

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

This work offers a critical biography and analysis of the varied literary output of novels, short stories, screenplays, poetry, articles and essays of the American writer Terry Southern. The book explores Southern's career from his early days in Paris with friends like Samuel Beckett, to swinging London in such company as the Rolling Stones, to filmmaking in Los Angeles and Europe with luminaries like Stanley Kubrick. His writings are examined in chronological order.David Tully was granted unprecedented access by Terry Southern's family to rare, unpublished work from his private archives. This study offers the first comprehensive examination of the career of this major American writer.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-04-29
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:299 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786444502

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David Tully is a screenwriter living in Dubai. He has taught at New York University, worked in the film industry in Los Angeles and South Africa, and written for television in Manhattan and Munich. He currently has several films in production.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Nile Southern Preface Part One: The “Quality Lit” YearsIntroduction to Part One 1. Texas Summers 2. You’re Too Hip, Baby 3. Don’t Get Hot 4. Give Me Your Hump! 5. The Mad Tradition 6. Making It Hot 7. Grooving in NY 8. Hipster 9. Beyond the Beat Conclusion to Part One: Bedtime Stories Part Two: The Movie YearsIntroduction to Part Two 10. The Great Stanley K. 11. Riding the Black Humor Wave 12. The Southern Cult 13. The Hollywood Kid 14. Excessive Verbiage 15. The Epic Sensibility 16. Come and Get It 17. King Weirdo 18. Blue Movies 19. Lost Weekends 20. Grossing Out 21. Saturday Nights of Terror, Days of Weird 22. Limbo Conclusion to Part Two: The Priest of Pagan Nature Laid to Rest Source Notes Bibliography Index