THE AMERICAN WRITER: SHAPING A NATION'S MIND
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JACK CADY
Having considered the subject for more than sixty years, Jack Cady shares his knowledge of the American Writer in this wonderful and provocative book. The American Writer is both an open letter to young writers and a lovely overview for anyone interested in reading.
Cady traces with insight and passion the threads of sin and original good in American literature, examines the thorny question of race, and explores the fantastic in modern fiction. He looks anew at familiar writers like Hemingway and Steinbeck, and repeatedly focuses on storytellers who have fallen out of favor today.
Decidedly non-canonical and definitely not Politically Correct, this long overdue reprint of The American Writer celebrates the nation’s whole literary history from its roots to its crowning achievements up to the year 2000. It sees the New World through experienced eyes. Passionate, honest, and powerfully inspiring, it will be read and treasured for years to come.
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- August 2024 978-1-958880-17-3
- Series cover design by Jennifer Tough
- trade paperback, 6 x 9, 398 pages
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Having considered the subject for more than sixty years, Jack Cady shares his knowledge of the American Writer in this wonderful and provocative book. The American Writer is both an open letter to young writers and a lovely overview for anyone interested in reading.
Cady traces with insight and passion the threads of sin and original good in American literature, examines the thorny question of race, and explores the fantastic in modern fiction. He looks anew at familiar writers like Hemingway and Steinbeck, and repeatedly focuses on storytellers who have fallen out of favor today.
Decidedly non-canonical and definitely not Politically Correct, this long overdue reprint of The American Writer celebrates the nation’s whole literary history from its roots to its crowning achievements up to the year 2000. It sees the New World through experienced eyes. Passionate, honest, and powerfully inspiring, it will be read and treasured for years to come.
Click here to see all other titles in the Jack Cady Collection.
"Cady, a retired English professor and author of a dozen novels and short story collections, here examines the issues that have engaged American writers from Colonial days through the 1970s. In a nonscholarly manner, he guides young writers and readers through the themes, concerns, and techniques of the masters of U.S. literature. Cady has many enthusiasms and opinions: he hates political correctness, television, and advertising and loves idealistic authors who try to correct prejudices such as racism and sexism. This lively study is filled with humor and many provocative insights. Though geared to new writers, it will also be useful for general readers looking for analysis of unfamiliar American classics (Meridel Le Sueur's The Girl, Harriette Arnow's The Dollmaker, etc.)"
— Library Journal
"Like John Steinbeck, [Cady] is an accomplished storyteller. His works resonate with the passions and foibles of ordinary people, and he makes his readers care for them."
— Tor.com
“ An exceptional writer.”
— Joyce Carol Oates
— Library Journal
"Like John Steinbeck, [Cady] is an accomplished storyteller. His works resonate with the passions and foibles of ordinary people, and he makes his readers care for them."
— Tor.com
“ An exceptional writer.”
— Joyce Carol Oates
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