| ISBN13: | 9781032663715 |
| ISBN10: | 1032663715 |
| Kötéstípus: | Keménykötés |
| Terjedelem: | 236 oldal |
| Méret: | 229x152 mm |
| Nyelv: | angol |
| Illusztrációk: | 8 Illustrations, black & white; 7 Halftones, black & white; 1 Line drawings, black & white |
| 700 |
Norman Maclean?s ?A River Runs through It?
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Norman Maclean?s ?A River Runs Through It?: The Search for Beauty is the first book-length study of Norman Maclean or any of his works. This study traces Maclean?s revisions through four hand-written drafts and three typescripts, quoting extensive from previously unpublished material.
Norman Maclean?s ?A River Runs through It?: The Search for Beauty is the first book-length study of Norman Maclean or any of his works. Since the publication of ?A River Runs through It? in 1976, readers and critics have considered it to be one of the most carefully crafted stories in American Literature, in terms of both its structure and its style. The beauty of the story came with much hard work. This study traces Maclean?s revisions through four handwritten drafts and three typescripts, quoting extensively from previously unpublished material. The analysis of Maclean?s composition process lays the foundation for original and detailed discussions of other aspects of Maclean?s craft, such as his approach to genre and style. The study publishes for the first time the complete text of the notes that Maclean wrote after the first draft of ?A River Runs through It.?
List of Figures
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on Diplomatic Transcriptions, Citations from Maclean Papers, and Bibliographic Terms
Chapter 1: Norman Maclean?s Improbable Writing Career
Chapter 2: Evolution of the Beginning
The First Draft (MS1; Box 34, Folder 1)
The Second Draft (MS2A;m Box 33, Folder 10)
The Third Draft (MS3; Box 33, Folder 11) and Fourth Draft (MS4; Box 33, Folder 12)
Revisions on the Typescripts
Conclusion
Chapter 3: No Clear Line between Fiction and Nonfiction
Shifting Time
Metanarration
Real People and Characters
Paul?s Death
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Variations of Time
Clock Time
Calendar Time
Historical Time
Lifespan
Diurnal Time
Biblical Time
Geological Time
Eternity
All Things Merge into One
Conclusion
Chapter 5: The Problem of Genre
Genre and Emotions
Romance and Nostalgia: Norman and Paul?s Childhood
Ceremonial Rhetoric: The Montana Club
Paul and the Beautiful: The First Fishing Trip
A Little Tragedy: Paul in Jail
Comedy: Neal at Black Jack?s Bar
Mock-Tragedy: The Second Fishing Trip
Comedy: The Third Fishing Trip
Romance and the Sublime: The Last Fishing Trip
Tragedy: The Aftermath of Paul?s Death
Resolution: The Lyric and the Beautiful
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Style and Hidden Art
Reverend Maclean?s Commonplace Book
Storytelling Around the Campfire
A Personal Poetic Language
Rhythm in Maclean?s Prose
Sound in Maclean?s Prose
Conclusion
Chapter 7: The Evolution of the End
Notes Version, Written 5 November 1973 (First MS Version, Summer to Early Fall 1973)
A ?Crude Version? (Second MS Version, MS1 Fragment, Late Winter to Early Spring 1974)
MS2B (Third MS Version, Spring 1974)
Fair Copy (Fourth MS Version, Late Spring 1974)
Revisions on Typescript Pages (Early Summer 1974 to Spring 1976)
Print Versions (1976 to Present)
Afterword
Works Cited
Appendix 1: Notes on Revising ?Fly Fishing? (MS1)
Appendix 2: Typescripts, Fonts, and Typists
Fonts and Typists
Rejected Typescript Pages
History of Typescripts
Difficulties Dating the First Full Typescript
Anomalies with Typescripts
Appendix 3: Implications for Editing ?A River Runs through It?
Appendix 4: Symmetry in ?A River Runs through It?
Index
