Making history
Subtitle: the biographical narratives of Robert Penn Warren
By: Jonathan S. Cullick.
Series: Southern literary studies
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Warren, Robert Penn, 1905- -- Knowledge -- History.; Warren, Robert Penn, 1905- -- Technique.; Literature and history -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.; Biographical fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Historical fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 20th century.; Biography as a literary form.; Autobiography.; Southern States -- In literature.
Description: "In Making History, the first comprehensive survey of Warren's biographical narratives, Jonathan S. Cullick tracks a clear development toward autobiography in Warren's career. By applying narrative theory to that provocative trend, he then makes an intriguing discovery: Warren's discourse techniques dramatize his philosophy of history and ethics. Cullick unearths what might be called the "narrative syntax" of Warren's historical vision."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-207) and index.