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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Land, Myrick, 1922- Fine art of literary mayhem. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1963] (OCoLC)590568182 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Myrick Land |
| OCLC Number: | 326828 |
| Description: | 242 p. illus. 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Prologue -- The cantankerous Dr. Johnson battles a lord, and some commoners -- Mr. Pope confers immortality upon the unworthy Mr. Colley Cibber -- "I beg you to forget my existence," cries the gentle Ivan Turgenev -- Mr. Thackeray and Mr. Dickens become embroiled in a very Victorian feud -- Mr. Wells and Mr. Henry James reach a polite but hopeless impasse -- The patriotic Mr. Jones protects the British Empire from the irreverent Mr. Shaw -- As a would be messiah, Mr. D.H. Lawrence endures his sad lot among a host of friends -- The "ridiculous" Mr. Walpole endures agonies at the hands of Mr. Maugham -- Mr. Hemingway proves a good sport, but only to himself -- Mr. DeVoto and Mr. Sinclair Lewis call each other fools and liars -- Mr. Norman Mailer challenges all the talent in the room. |
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