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A revelatory biography of the American master as told through the lens of his greatest novel.

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"...he [Gorra] has written the kind of patient, sensitive, acute study that gifted teachers should write but rarely do." -- London Review of Books
"Michael Gorra...has pulled off an astounding feat...in this impressive study...Gorra goes anywhere that strikes his fancy, and the result is splendid: a book to reread in years to come, a model for what criticism can do when happily married to biography." -- Literary Review

Portrait of a Novel

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/09/2012
      ISBN13: 9780871404084, 978-0871404084
      ISBN10: 0871404087
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A revelatory biography of the American master as told through the lens of his greatest novel.

      Trade Review
      "...he [Gorra] has written the kind of patient, sensitive, acute study that gifted teachers should write but rarely do." -- London Review of Books
      "Michael Gorra...has pulled off an astounding feat...in this impressive study...Gorra goes anywhere that strikes his fancy, and the result is splendid: a book to reread in years to come, a model for what criticism can do when happily married to biography." -- Literary Review

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