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The Polity, The Way Of Life And The Arts: Papers Read At Kenyon College, February 16 And 17, 1941. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Interesting background on a minor writer
John Peale Bishop was a minor poet and author of the 1920s and 1930s.He knew Fitzgerald and met Hemingway, but didn't make that much of an impact himself.This biography gives you a view of the world of the time and some sense of what it was like to live then and try to make a living by writing.

The real interest for me is that John Bishop was my grandfather.I was named after him.Since he died young, I never met him.There weren't many family stories, either.This book thus has a special value to me that it probably won't to others.
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Poet's attempt at mystery
John Peale Bishop was primarily a poet and journalist, and as far as I know this was his only novel.He died fairly young, and might well have written more had he lived.

The novel is set in the South, where Bishop grew up (in his case the part of West Virginia near Virginia), and by now that world of the Border South in the 1910s or 20s seems very foreign.

The act is a rape; the novel follows the set-up and the consequences of an act that most polite people won't even name, let alone discuss.

I read this novel out of family curiosity--he was my grandfather. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of John Peale Bishop, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1725 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

• Place and date of birth and death (if deceased)
• Family members
• Education
• Professional associations and honors
• Employment
• Writings, including books and periodicals
• A description of the author's work
• References to further readings about the author

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more