Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s

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Author: Malcolm Cowley

ISBN-10: 0140187766

ISBN-13: 9780140187762

Category: American Fiction & Literature Classics

The adventures and attitudes shared by the American writers dubbed "The Lost Generation" are brought to life here by one of the group's most notable members. Feeling alienated in the America of the 1920s, Fitzgerald, Crane, Hemingway, Wilder, Dos Passos, Crowley, and many other writers "escaped" to Europe, some forever, some as temporary exiles. As Cowley details in this intimate, anecdotal portrait, in renouncing traditional life and literature, they expanded the boundaries of art.\ \...

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The adventures and attitudes shared by the American writers dubbed "The Lost Generation" are brought to life here by one of the group's most notable members. Feeling alienated in the America of the 1920s, Fitzgerald, Crane, Hemingway, Wilder, Dos Passos, Crowley, and many other writers "escaped" to Europe, some forever, some as temporary exiles. As Cowley details in this intimate, anecdotal portrait, in renouncing traditional life and literature, they expanded the boundaries of art.BooknewsBoth a new book and a revised version of Existential- phenomenological alternatives for psychology, Oxford U. Press, 1978. Twelve of the 20 chapters are new; eight are substantially revised. A special section on transpersonal psychology has been added. Discusses many of the standard topics in psychology from a point of view emphasizing experience rather than behavior. **** Reprint of the Penguin edition of 1976 with notes & intro by Donald W. Faulkuer. This classic of the Lost Generation is cited in BCL3. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Introduction Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Text\ EXILE'S RETURN\ Prologue: The Lost Generation\ I. MANSIONS IN THE AIR\ 1. Blue Juniata\ 2. Big-Town High School\ 3. Apprentice of the Arts\ 4. American College, 1916\ 5. Ambulance Service\ II. WAR IN BOHEMIA\ 1. The Long Furlough\ 2. The Greenwich Village Idea\ 3. The League of Youth\ 4. The French Line Pier, 1921\ III. TRAVELLER'S CHEQUE\ 1. Valuta\ 2. Historical Parallel\ 3. Transatlantic Review\ 4. Form and Matter\ 5. Rumors of Home\ IV. PARIS PILGRIMAGES\ 1. Examination Paper\ 2. Readings from the Lives of the Saints\ 3. Paris-Express\ V. THE DEATH OF DADA\ 1. A Brief History of Dada\ 2. Discourse over a Grave\ 3. Case Record\ 4. Significant Gesture\ VI. THE CITY OF ANGER\ 1. The French Line Pier, 1923\ 2. Women Have One Breast\ 3- Manhattan Melody\ VII. THE AGE OF ISLANDS\ 1. Connecticut Valley\ 2. Charlestown Prison\ 3. The Roaring Boy\ 4. No Escape\ VIII. ECHOES OF A SUICIDE\ 1. Letter Left on a Dressing Table\ 2. City of the Sun\ 3. The Revolution of the Word\ 4. To Die at the Right Time\ Epilogue: New Year's Eve\ Appendix: Years of Birth\ Editorial Appendices\ Appendix A: Epilogue to the 1934 Edition of Exile's Return\ Appendix B: A Selective Chronology of Publications and Events Surrounding Exile's Return\ Appendix C: "A Tabular History of the Literary Life, 1924 - 1949"\ Persons and Books: A Brief Index

\ BooknewsBoth a new book and a revised version of Existential- phenomenological alternatives for psychology, Oxford U. Press, 1978. Twelve of the 20 chapters are new; eight are substantially revised. A special section on transpersonal psychology has been added. Discusses many of the standard topics in psychology from a point of view emphasizing experience rather than behavior. **** Reprint of the Penguin edition of 1976 with notes & intro by Donald W. Faulkuer. This classic of the Lost Generation is cited in BCL3. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \