Books Speaking to Books : (Record no. 114790)

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fixed length control field 801016s1981 ncu b 00110 eng
001 - CONTROL NUMBER
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 80025892 //r96
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0807814695
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (Sirsi) i9780807814697
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System control number (Sirsi) i9780807814697
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System control number (Sirsi) i9780807814697
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Canceled/invalid control number (Sirsi) 66193
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Original cataloging agency DLC
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PS371
Item number .S68
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 813/.009
Edition information 19
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Stafford, William T.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Books Speaking to Books :
Remainder of title A Contextual Approach to American Fiction /
Statement of responsibility, etc. by William T. Stafford.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Chapel Hill :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. University of North Carolina Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c1981.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent ix, 165 p. ;
Dimensions 21 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction: listening.--A whale, an heiress, and a southern demigod: three symbolic Americas.--Benjy Compson, Jake Barnes, and Nick Carraway: replication in three "innocent" American narrators of the 1920s.--The obverse relation: some western flights eastward (in literature and film).--The black/white continuum: some recent examples in Bellow, Malamud, and Updike.--Three applications: Truth's ragged edges: Melville's loyalties in Billy Budd--the commitment of form in the digressions. "The birthplace": James's Fable for critics? Faulkner's revolt against the 1920s: parody and transcendence, continuation and innovation.--Afterword: Knower, doer, and sayer--the James family view of Emerson.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element American fiction
General subdivision History and criticism.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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    Library of Congress Classification     Storms Research Center Storms Research Center Main Collection 10/28/2025   PS 371 .S68 54334 10/28/2025 16.50 10/28/2025 Book