Bibliograph

William Styron, a life, James L.W. West, III

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William Styron, a life, James L.W. West, III

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-484) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

William Styron, a life

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

37277591

Responsibility statement

James L.W. West, III

Summary

Biography of writer William Styron

Table Of Contents

Ancestors -- Youth -- Newport News -- Pauline's death -- Fourteenth year -- Christchurch -- Davidson -- Duke and William Blackburn -- Marines, first stint -- After the war -- McGraw-Hill -- Durham and Flatbush -- Valley cottage and West Eighty-eighth Street -- Marines, second stint -- Lie down in darkness -- Paris, 1952 -- The long march -- Rome -- Marriage and Ravello -- New York and Roxbury -- Mailer and others -- Completion -- Set this house on fire -- Reentry -- Preparations -- Composition -- The confessions of Nat Turner -- Aftermath -- Interlude -- Sophie's choice -- Breakdown -- "A tidewater morning."

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