Bibliograph

The complete short stories of James Purdy, James Purdy ; introduction by John Waters

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Label

The complete short stories of James Purdy, James Purdy ; introduction by John Waters

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 721-724)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The complete short stories of James Purdy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

841198186

Responsibility statement

James Purdy ; introduction by John Waters

Summary

The publication of The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy is a literary event that marks the first time all of James Purdy's short stories--fifty-six in number, including seven drawn from his unpublished archives--have been collected in a single volume. As prolific as he was unclassifiable, James Purdy was considered one of the greatest--and most underappreciated--writers in America in the latter half of the twentieth century. Championed by writers as diverse as Dame Edith Sitwell, Gore Vidal, Paul Bowles, Tennessee Williams, Carl Van Vechten, John Cowper Powys, and Dorothy Parker, Purdy's vast body of work has heretofore been relegated to the avant-garde fringes of the American literary mainstream

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